Word: knock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate turned out to be a political slap-fest centered on poverty, the welfare-state and government regulation. Not surprisingly, the objectivist was extremely well prepared and composed. He was ready to answer the "questions" of the audience, which formulated one straw-man after another for Binswanger to knock down. By evening's end, the debate had reached an unspectacular draw...
Finally, after moving up through subcontractors from Tijuana to Taipei in their search for Santa, the kids get to the Manhattan headquarters of We R Toys Inc. They ascend to the top floor, where they've been told the ceo will be found, and knock timidly on the boardroom door. But alas, they find only a group of identical pudding-faced men in pinstriped suits, sitting around an oval table. One of the executives rises and smiles warmly at the kids. "We heard about the personnel problems down at Pure Joy, and do we have a big surprise...
...paradoxically, the same community controls--and the mind-sets they evoke--may offer the possibility of peaceful reintegration. Last Wednesday, Odetta Mukandari returned to her village and found her house occupied by Mbangukira Kabagare, a 70-year-old Tutsi. Mukandari didn't confront Kabagare; she didn't even knock on the door. Instead she went to live with relatives. Later, when she met him in the street, she simply smiled politely. As for Kabagare, he explained that the authorities had originally told him he could stay in the house, and that if they told him to leave, he would obey...
Look, we're not about to knock a family movie that offers wholesome entertainment, the smartest menagerie in cartoon history, and Michael Jordan--as gorgeous a figure in movie closeup as he is on the basketball court. Well, maybe a little knock: Space Jam, the first feature with all new footage of Bugs, Daffy and other Looney Tunes immortals, is on the wan and sanctimonious side--less a good movie than a safe place to park the kids on a mall afternoon...
...talked about tactical improvements [at halftime]," Locker said. "Instead of sending the ball straight up the middle, we wanted to use the wings and knock it square. We wanted to play our kind of game...