Instead, the computer played this very quiet move that constrained all of Kasparov's pieces, sucking the life out of his position like a boa constrictor.

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Their last collectivist victory, 2-0 against France, brought to mind less the flashing flair of the matador, more the boa constrictor slowly crushing the air from its hapless victim.

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The specimens were determined to range from tiny lizards such as O. gracilis, to snakes as large as a modern boa constrictor, to meat-eating lizards up to 2m (6ft 6in) long.

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During an elaborate purification ceremony before the game, she poured libations of gin, danced with a boa constrictor on the 45-yard line and prayed to every deity from Jesus to Oya.

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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) A 7-foot-long boa constrictor, two ball pythons and a monitor lizard were stolen from a Central California science museum by a man who was caught on camera throwing the reptiles into a plastic trash bag.

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Police allege Nazila Sharaf, 35, and Lida Sharaf, 33, wrapped up seven babies between the ages of 7 months and 1 year at their preschool in Livermore too tightly like a "boa constrictor, " impairing their ability to move and breathe comfortably.

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