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Word: knocked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Having delivered himself of that, which may have been a taunt, he posed for news photographers. For a man who had once tried to knock out a photographer, he was unusually gracious. He posed for half an hour and even strode across the street to pose sitting on a park bench reading the funny papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: This Great Endeavor | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

When his head stopped buzzing, he explained it all very clearly, on the ABC national hookup. Said he: "I thought I could knock him out but I got too goddam careless." Said the announcer: "Thanks very much, Tami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sucker Punch | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...Each His Own (published by Paramount Music Corp.) is the first success of Ray Evans and Jay Livingston. In return for Hollywood peanuts ($250 a week), these two 31-year-old composers knock out ballads celebrating titles of non-musical movies (Kitty, Dear Ruth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Inspired Hit | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

Crusader Holand, now 74, has been building up his fascinating, flabbergasting case for 40 years. It has been scouted and scoffed at, but no one yet has been able to knock the props from under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holand's Crusade | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Novice radio scripters heard one of their best opportunities knock again last week. The Carrington Playhouse, a Mutual (Thurs., 8 p.m., E.D.S.T.) sustainer, which presents the script winning its weekly contest, finished its season-and was renewed for another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Queen's Plaything | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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