Word: knockouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...racial dimension flows naturally into the political, where the uglier side of Quayle's mission begins to become apparent. One of Quayle's amazing but unlikable feats last week was metaphorically to transform old Willie Horton into a beautiful blond fortyish wasp has-it-all knockout. (Horton was the black murderer who raped a housewife while on furlough during the time that 1988 Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis was Governor of Massachusetts; the Bush campaign used Horton to ridicule Dukakis.) So in 1992, by Quayle's interesting subliminal design, Murphy carries at least some of Willie's message: mindless liberalism allied...
Unlike the nip-and-tuck battle of one year ago, Harvard delivered what amounted to a first-round knockout of Brown inside the friendly confines of the Palmer-Dixon Tennis Center...
...deLone captured a third point for Harvard, senior Kim Cooper dispatched her opponent Debbie Thomas 6-2, 6-2, to push the total score to 4-1. Junior Erika Elmuts delivered the knockout punch in the second spot with a tough, two-set battle against Brown's Sheryl...
...STREET FIGHT IN NEW YORK PRODUCED NEITHER the knockout for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton that pundits had once predicted nor the upset for former California Governor Jerry Brown that seemed possible in the heat of the ugly brawl there. As both candidates limped back to their corners, only Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas had reason to grin: he came in second by staying away...
...Leppard's new album, Adrenalize, is a knockout punch in a velvet glove. Combining hard and soft guitar, this album will sway even the most adamant opponent of hard rock...