Word: knocking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hitters plus Maury Wills. I didn't believe the stuff they said about Wills. He may have stolen 94 bases, but the averages say he makes an out 7 times out of 10. Could he be that terrifying? But I've changed my mind now. Any guy who can knock Camilo Pascual out of a World Series without even coming up to bat has got to be good...
...fuel-cell system again. The process of generating electricity by mixing hydrogen with oxygen was producing much too much of that inevitable byproduct: water. Ground control feared that the spacecraft was running out of storage space for water and that it threatened to back up into the cells and knock them out. Kraft informed Conrad of the problem and asked, "How's that for a surprise?" Cracked Conrad: "Nothing surprises me after lift...
...would not tolerate segregation within its body, then there would be a kind of fierce logic in its position. It would make for a kind of arrogance and bigotry toward those who were not fortunate or wise enough to put themselves in the way of being Christian. Men would knock at the door of the church to find out what they need to do to become what, in evidence, the Christian...
...stock's value. He made inquiries: "I found out that the specialist who'd sold me stock at 12⅛ immediately turned around and tried to buy it back at 11⅞. He'd sold short, and then what he'd done, in effect, was knock a quarter of a million dollars off the value of the company...
Smaller Bathrooms. The world's major innkeepers knock on Tabler's door because he has developed a McNamaralike precision for slashing frills and space out of his buildings to make them cheaper to construct and operate. At Denver's Brown Palace annex, he eliminated 100 light fixtures (at $50 each) by doing away with the "up" and "down" elevator signal lights in the hallways; instead, he placed the lights just inside the elevator cars, where they show as the doors open. By installing towel hooks next to the wash basins, he encouraged customers to make do with...