Word: knocked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Madison Square Garden, which lost $20,000, last week's was by no means the most costly heavyweight championship fight on record. That distinction still belongs to the Tunney v. Heeney bout of 1928 on which $200,000 was dropped. Camera's failure to knock out an opponent who has only been knocked out twice in 148 fights caused most sportswriters to deride him for his victory last week. Nothing he has done since he landed in the U. S. in 1929-, an illiterate monster with a French manager, has won him any praise or popularity. After last...
...Palooka (Reliance) derives its name from ringside slang for a low-grade prizefighter. Its story hangs around a pudgy young oaf (Stuart Erwin) who takes up with a fretful, excitable boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) and demonstrates that he cannot fight. Though he manages to knock down a champion (William Cagney, brother of James) who is in his cups, though he importantly squires a night club artist (Lupe Velez). Joe Falooka eventually takes a thorough mauling in the ring. This sends him back to a chicken farm where his mother (Marjorie Rambeau) has wanted...
...These cakes represent something! They represent the struggle of a man to overcome a tremendous physical handicap. ... I wasn't born in America, but I'll buy that cake myself for $15.'' The crowd booed and heckled when she called for bids, forcing her to knock down the cake for $20. Even hotter than she was two months ago while dressing down a ladies' lecture club in Philadelphia (TIME, Dec. 11), Actress Le Gallienne threw down the gavel, stormed into the micro phone: "I came to Minneapolis proud of my Viking ancestry...
...Varsity boxing team fought Springfield, winning 6-2. This meet was sluggish with three decisions, two draws, and two technical knock-outs. Marshall A. Lamb '34, captain, fought a draw in the 125-pound class. The most exciting battles fought were by Thomas J. G. Tighe '36 and Philip W. A. Hines '34, both of which ended it technical knockouts...
...their men was lost in the getaway. Thereafter, from fear of savages, they gave many an inviting island a wide berth. As starvation knuckled down on them, mutinous voices muttered, but Bligh always silenced them, kept on. Cannibalism was never even suggested but when they were lucky enough to knock down an inquisitive sea bird, the weakest were given the blood to drink. When they got a fish they ate it raw, entrails...