Word: knocked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...through training camps, went to France. He arrived in the Toul sector on Jan. 19, 1918, where his outfit relieved some Moroccan soldiers near Beaumont. On a clear day the Americans could see the city of Metz. They said to each other that sooner or later they'd knock the damn place down...
...Preparation. At Tarawa the Navy learned that 3,000 tons of bombs and shells (more weight-but not more explosive-than ever hit Berlin in a single raid) was not enough to knock out the Japs' coconut-log, steel and concrete fortifications. The Navy also learned that four hours of pounding is not enough...
Fortress pilots and gunners could scarcely believe their eyes as the Mustang flyer slashed in, all knees, elbows and fists, shooting and turning like a man possessed. Observers vowed they saw him knock down five or six German fighters. Said the Fortress formation leader...
...financial troubles seem to be licked and its popularity assured, the Blue Cross now faces a new potential threat: the Wagner bill, now in Congressional committee. Among other additions to present social-security laws, the bill proposes to provide hospitalization insurance for 100,000,000 U.S. citizens, which would knock the Blue Cross plans into the emergency ward...
...factor may knock predictions into the junk pile - unpredictable 80-year-old Henry Ford. For months, he has diligently streamlined his company, getting back to his first principles of cheap cars and no frills (TIME, Oct. 11). His low-price fetish once cracked the industry's price structure wide open. It may do so again...