Word: knocking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ballyhooed high jump clash with John Hartnett, beating the Tiger captain at 6 ft., 6 1/4 in. on fewer misses. Cold weather held both jumpers well below their peak height of 6 ft., 9 in., although Pardee went over the bar twice at 6 ft., 8 in., only to knock it off with his trailing...
Like all satire, Costigan's humor dwells on the difference between appearance and reality, but the appearances he mocks are obviously hollow, Costigan thinks it's rich that muscular, America-firster Emil is a queer, that steely, sultry Mavis always leaves her door unlocked in hotels, and that shuffling, knock-kneed Edward is the sexual object of both public demigods. So, stars are phonies, so what...
...sometimes puts the weight of her new fame behind it, often insisting on discounts at local stores ("Listen, don't I deserve a discount or something? I mean, after all"), or ordering a secretary to "tell them that if they want my business, they'd better knock $2 off that bill...
Serious Soviet scientists are hardly likely to endorse the laser-beam-from-Cygni theory, but they are not likely to denounce it either. If they took the trouble to knock down every wild theory that poses as science in the Soviet press, they would have little time for research...
...biggest question for Salinger is a technical one: as a resident of Virginia, does he meet California's residence requirements to run? Presumably his good friend Attorney General Mosk will knock down any legal barriers to Pierre's candidacy. But the whimsical Salinger should appreciate the ultimate irony in the fact that even if he clears that obstacle, he cannot vote for himself in the primary because he is not a registered California voter. He can only hope that he does not lose by one vote...