Word: knocking
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...sealed back doors, knives, rifles and a semi-automatic. The cabin was found stocked with guns, knives, whips, shackles and night vision glasses. It was equipped with closed circuit TV and the Windows were painted black. The detectives believe that my coach's plan was to knock me unconscious, scare off my mother and take me there...
...spirit. We feel distinctly closer to the residents of our house now that approximately half of them have trooped through our room to inspect it. The room tour spiel quickly became a routine--windows are slightly drafty, fraternity across the street which is not too loud except on weekends, knock on the next door to see the bedroom...
...There's a battle among Hashimoto's own people," says Baumohl. "Many of them are intent on further reducing the budget deficit -- tax reduction would knock them off that course." But in recessionary times, belt-tightening (as the U.S. learned under Herbert Hoover) can be disastrous. Instead of leading the recovery in Asia, Japan's doldrums are suppressing it. The rest of the world is waiting...
That record-tying base knock, however, was not the highlight of the inning for Ralph. In the top or the frame, as Penn looked to get back into the game with runners at first and second and one out, Penn's David Corleto ripped a shot into the right-centerfield gap that had two-run double written all over it. But Ralph sprinted from his usual spot in shallow center, stuck out his glove and made a highlight-reel, back-to-the-plate basket catch that had everyone scratching their heads in awe, vividly recalling in what World Series they...
This opera will go on for a couple decades, may I live so long (knock, knock). My old pals will be sending me postcards from the Aegean, Christmas letters about their grandkids and their prostates, snapshots of them at their condo overlooking the golf course at Plaid Pants Village, and I'll be standing in the back at Miss Lori's dance-class recital and watching my little girl, a swan in a herd of ducks, interpret the Waltz of the Flowers. My pals will become cranky geezers who can't tolerate loud voices, can't bear to be contradicted...