Word: knock
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That they did. With two seconds left in the third quarter, Tom Killian delivered the knock-out punch to the Engineers, touching a Jeff Zimmerman pass into the goal. That made the score 8-3, and, for all intents and purposes, the game was over...
...Princeton bounced back on Sunday to knock off fifth-ranked Virginia, 2-1, at the Met Life Classic at Rutgers University. Junior David Hocher scored his ninth goal of the season against Virginia and leads the Ivy League with five goals and one assist...
Granted, but Israel is gambling nonetheless. Although Arens has boasted that "we are in a position to knock out of the air any Iraqi plane that may be coming our way," his country's air defenses are largely helpless against Iraqi missiles. And even though some Israeli officials believe Saddam may indeed have managed to equip those missiles with primitive chemical warheads -- contrary to Arens' assertion a few weeks ago -- the government still refuses to issue gas masks to the civilian population...
Ironically, Israel's options have been limited by the U.S. presence in the gulf. For example, one Israeli plan -- drawn up before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait -- is believed to call for waves of warplanes to knock out several dozen Iraqi military targets, including chemical, biological and nuclear installations. Now, say Israeli officials with some remorse, that plan may no longer be viable because it would interfere with U.S. strategy. Instead, Israel is preparing a series of more limited responses gauged according to the severity of any Iraqi strike against Israel, and officials admit that any move by Jerusalem short...
Every time I consider rebelling against the oppression of Tegrin and Head & Shoulders, I think back to those commercials where "baseball star Jim Palmer" gets hysterical over "embarassing flakes and itching." I mean, if dandruff can knock this guy out of the running, where do I stand...