Word: hook
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Left Hook, Right Cross. Louis looked wilted, and walked stiff-legged, like a man on stilts. But no one in the crowd, least of all Louis, saw what was coming. And no 'one in the crowd, even the most rabid of Rocky's fans, really wanted to see it. In the eighth, a solid left hook, thrown wildly from Marciano's awkward, hunched crouch, caught Joe flush on the jaw and sent him tumbling to the canvas. Louis had been knocked down in other bouts, and each time he had come up fighting. He did this time...
...short flurry missed. A sharp left hook smacked Louis against the ropes. Another left glazed the old champion's eyes. His hands dropped. For an agonizing second Rocky measure his man, then shot a right cross to Joe's chin that sent him reeling awkwardly through the ropes, flat on his back on the apron of the ring...
...President Frank Stanton, already plagued by costs, technical problems and the public's standoffish attitude toward color, seemed relieved to get off the hook. He promised instant compliance with the Government request, and immediately discontinued regular color telecasts (10½ hours a week) on the ground that the public has too few color sets to make further broadcasts worthwhile...
...Jesus came down one night to call him to the pulpit. Jesus said "Come on Jerry, I'se got sumpin' for you--I'm gone make you a fisher of men." Then Jesus dropped into the background to brush up on his grammar, and Jerry Owen baited his hook...
...Shimizu * were playing for the Rising Sun. Non-playing Captain Ichiya ("Ichy") Kumagae, now 60, remembering those better days, grinned as of old, but he was a little chagrined. Said he: "Not good. We need more international experience. Nakano was on top of Savitt and let him off the hook. To me, that is not smart tennis...