Word: knocking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conservative, in supporting an estimate of $30,500,000 for dockyards, etc., declared that the world was not ready for peace. Said she: "The people who talk the most about it are often the most quarrelsome. When you get among them they talk about a better world and they knock you down when they get you in the lobby. The worst thing in this world you could have at this moment would be total disarmament. The greatest enemies of peace are the pacifists. . . . You might as well get rid of the police in London but you keep them because...
Nevertheless, he was courageous to the end, took his punishment in a way that won for him the admiration of the crowd. After a knock-down in the second round he drove in a straight left that floored Johnson...
...grandstand, Norris and Gordon scoring and Todd taking second. Jenkins grounded out to short stop, Todd taking third. Hammond struck out. Third-sacker Nichols did well to knock down Hill's vicious drive, but he took the edge off his achievement by making a late and wild throw to first which let Hill go all the way to third, Todd of course scoring on the play. Samborski walked, and Hill raced in with the fifth run when Robinson uncorked a wild pitch. Toulmin grounded out, ending the round and, as far as Harvard batting wa concerned, the game...
Jack Delaney, French-Canadian pugilist now of Bridgeport, Conn., represented Experience. Paul Berlenbach, German-American, who had recently risen to sensational fame by the knock-out of his last ten opponents, typified Strength. Berlenbach's friends offered cash at 5 to 2 on the meeting of the two in Madison Square Garden. Tex Rickard in his counting house counted his receipts. The fame of Berlenbach had sold every reserved seat two days before the fight. On the newsstands, Berlenbach's picture covered the front page of The Muscle Builder, a "McFadden publication." Inside the cover Berlenbach told...
...certain fish, by accurate sharpshooting with drops of water, is able to knock flies from overhanging branches and devour them in the water...