Word: knocking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...young man of middle age. I have often observed him, have corresponded with him, but have never consciously spoken to him. I should have a constant fear that he would ruin some pet illusion of mine by a vagrant flippancy?and that I should be tempted to attempt to knock him down where he stood. Yet from all accounts Carl Van Vechten is a charming fellow. He is fond of cats (as the world reading his books knows). He has lived much on the Continent (as the world reading his books knows). He is something of a connoisseur...
Mallory Beats McKane. The Longwood Invitation Singles finals at Boston offered Mrs. Molla Mallory her third chance to defeat Miss Kathleen McKane, English champion. She acknowledged the knock of opportunity and won a 20-minute match at 6-2, 6-1. Miss. McKane's trip to America in search of American tennis honors has been singularly unproductive. She has lost three times to Mrs. Mallory and once to Helen Wills...
Jack Johnson: "There are three persons in the world who can knock out Jack Dempsey. They are Firpo. Harry Wills and Jack Johnson...
...that the cat is out of the bag it remains only for Gibbons to nourish himself with Nuxated and knock the champion frigid in their next encounter...
...case of the first house known in the Street as "K. N. & K" or "Knock, Knock & Kuhne" because of the common difficulty in pronouncing its partners' names) its long-established business in German securities and exchange became so unprofitable that the house was compelled to enter new and previously untried financial fields. With very faulty but not uncommon judgment, the house began to float petroleum securities in the boom of 1919-20. Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public. The last venture...