Word: knock
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army was not satisfied merely with building intermediate-range missiles; it also wanted sanction to use them operationally. To get that sanction, Army Pentagonians deemed it necessary to knock down Air Force doctrine that claimed exclusive operational rights to all but battlefield missiles. In May 1956, they began handing out scalding anti-Air Force docu ments to favored reporters. The Air Force replied with its own propaganda bombs, and the interservice brawl finally forced Defense Secretary Charles Wilson to redefine service roles and missions in the light of advancing missile technology. The war, begun by the Army, nearly ruined...
Only when he gets to the track, when he slips into the frowsy, unbuttoned atmosphere of the jockey's room, does Willie really relax. Mumbling around a sandwich while he plays a game of pool or knock rummy before a race, Willie almost seems one of the boys. His quick answers are not always cutting; the casual remark is often actually friendly. But warm spontaneity is seen so seldom that even among the other jocks Hartack has no real intimates...
...Knock out the costly short-term acreage reserve phase of the soil bank and build up the long-term conservation reserve to encourage the retirement of marginal farm land from production for up to ten years...
...troops in Little Rock, hold powerful positions on military affairs committees, and will doubtless turn full fire on Administration defense shortcomings, both contrived and real. Carefully tuned to the new sounds of criticism of the Eisenhower leadership, the Democratic chiefs are returning to Washington aggressively determined to knock down Dwight Eisenhower and his Administration. Said Michigan's Republican Senator Charles Potter last week: "They will try to do to Ike what they did to Hoover in his last two years...
Brown was awarded a technical knock-out over Lopez after dropping him to the canvas in the 11th round and finally pounding him into a daze in the 13th...