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“The solutions to the gas problem that are currently on the table recall the compromise position on the Heimlich Maneuver the American Red Cross maintained for many years. After decades of advocating backslaps (which tend to push lodged objects down the esophagus) as a treatment for choking victims, the Red Cross finally adopted Henry Heimlich’s technique (which is designed to drive objects up and out of the throat), but advocated it in combination with the old backslapping technique, thus advocating two methods working at cross purposes — undoubtedly amusing for bystanders, but doubly lethal for the victim. In the same vein, America is currently enjoying a full array of mutually exclusive proposals to solve the gas crisis, and with any luck we may get them all.” (04/27/06)