Word: knock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Teams have been gunning at us, trying to knock Harvard off its high ranking [currently number 10 in the nation]," senior defender Derek Maguire says. "We have to play tight defense and rush...
...team at the Munich Games of 1972. He is likely the only person on the planet who initially began boxing because he had broken his nose playing both football and baseball and was looking for a less damaging alternative. Five years ago, Tommy became the only person ever to knock in two holes-in-one in the same round of golf at Winchester Country Club. Today, one day before his 85th birthday, Governor William F. Weld '66 will honor Tommy at the Statehouse for eighteen years of service on the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission...
...closely regulates bouts. And while sparring can get intense, it never gets out of hand. Brann notes that the club does not train its members "to be aggressive and hurt people." This view is echoed by Codrington, who says that "the whole concept of boxing as a bloody, knock 'em down sport goes away when you first try to throw a good punch...
Octavio lives better by betraying the system. We stop in front of his pristine white bungalow in the Havana suburb of Miramar. A knock on the door brings a discreet peek from behind freshly painted shutters. A voice murmurs to come around into the garden. Suddenly, we could be in Miami. American rock plays softly; red and blue lights color a trimly clipped lawn. Our host offers a hamburger, steak, perhaps a lobster? Red or white wine? A rum collins...
...this points towards a duel this weekend between Harvard and RPI Saturday night, as the leagueleading Crimson try to knock off the consensus preseason pick of the ECAC litter on the road in Troy...