Today Coke still maintains a stranglehold on Christmas with its "holidays are coming" ad campaign.
The Democrats may have a stranglehold on Philadelphia, with its large populations of both minorities and liberal professionals.
No matter whether a Scot had his arm around O'Gara's neck, it was Ireland who got their hands on the triple crown having exerted a stranglehold on Scotland with their seventh consecutive victory in the fixture.
"The bottom line," Mearsheimer and Walt wrote, "is that Aipac, a de facto agent for a foreign government, has a stranglehold on Congress, with the result that U.S. policy towards Israel is not debated there, even though that policy has important consequences for the entire world".
Recovery was as much about restoring that true self and building healthy relationships as it was about rebuilding a healthy body, and the more we felt we were gaining full and meaningful lives, the less of a stranglehold our obsession with food and weight had on our brains.
We aren't "camping," one woman says in the film, putting a stranglehold on the camera with her crazy eyes.
After the Civil War ended in 1865, the Republicans held a stranglehold on the presidency, with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant winning easily in both 1868 and 1872.
ABC News, apparently with a stranglehold sponsorship of the Democratic Party, blocked voters from seeing the opening of primary season live that night on C-Span.
While South African Breweries has a stranglehold on its market, with a 98percentt share, Miller, which is twice as big, is up against ferocious competition.
Guitar pop, then, is starting to sound like a medium ripe for redemption in 2012 by this fiercely modern outfit with a stranglehold on the classics.
