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Word: knock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). A British version of Dr. Knock, French Dramatist Jules Remains' good-natured spoof of the medical profession, which has be come a modern French classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Mar. 29, 1968 | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...cupola-simulating the troop vehicle's jolting movement over land and water on its way into battle. At a shooting gallery, more kids lined up for electronic target practice with Army rifles ranging from the .58-cal. Civil War "Zouave" to the M16, or tried to knock out miniature moving tanks with a fixed "Dragon" antitank missile launcher, the weapon that will replace the present 90-mm. recoilless rifle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectacles: Shoot-'Em-Up in Chicago | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...range of up to 550 yards. Variously called the RPG-7 or B-41, it was developed by the Soviets from the famed German World War II Panzerfaust. It weighs only 20 lbs., has a special sighting device for accuracy, and gives the common Communist fighter the ability to knock a hole in the most heavily armored U.S. tank. The RPG-7 was carried by the suicide squads that attacked the U.S. embassy and the presidential palace in Saigon, has become one of the most popular weapons in the Communist arsenal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Enemy's New Weapons | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

...lavish production numbers? Impossible. So, when the show debuted six weeks ago during the deep doldrums of TV's midseason, it came on like a fanfare at a funeral. Ever since, like a giggle building to a guffaw, it has gained momentum until it now threatens to knock off its top-rated competition, Gunsmoke and The Lucy Show, in the ratings race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: A Put-On Is Not a Put-Down | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

Much of what goes on between is vintage burlesque-blackouts, slapstick, even knock-knock jokes. Yet, by exploiting the full range of such technical possibilities as zooming closeups and quick cuts, the show has fashioned a fresh new form of rapid-fire TV comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: A Put-On Is Not a Put-Down | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

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