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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson line as one of the most noteworthy factors in the game. "Carolina has no excuse," he stated, "Your Harvard team overwhelmed us, but we feel that it was not lack of opposition on our part, but excellent playing by your men. Harvard will give any team going a knock-down, drag-out fight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheel End Finds Guarnaccia Hardest to Stop of Crimson Backfield Stars-Coach Collins Lauds Charging of Forwards | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Lutherans. Less spectacular, not as good copy as Mrs. Willebrandt's politocsin, but able to knock the Democratic campaign among Lutherans to Smithereens is the National Lutheran Editors' Association, whose media reach two million readers. Apropos of the campaign the editors voted to tell their readers that the Catholic Church requires of its members allegiance to a "foreign sovereign." (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Christ & Church | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

Last week, Tunney paused in his training at Speculator, N. Y., to say that he expects to administer a knock-out to Heeney. Word flew, as it often does, to Heeney at Rumson Farm Kennels in Fairhaven, N. J. The Irishman from New Zealand snorted: "Well, blime me if that doesn't take the royal cake for gall. . . . The papers are the only place Tunney knocks out anybody. Why, he couldn't stop Dempsey when the old Manassa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Snooze | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

...Cunningham '29, on the mound for the Seconds, limited the opposing batters to six safe hits. Although none of them fanned, they were, for the most part, unable to knock his offerings out of the infield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND BASEBALL TEAM DOWNS TUFTS FRESHMEN | 5/22/1928 | See Source »

...After that we put out a chorus call From 300 to 400 girls answer that: most of them entirely unqualified. They come from offices, restaurants, everywhere. From this group we select about 100 and put them into practice clothes. When they are in practice costume, we see knock-knees, bowlegs, and what not. About 50 of them are finally retained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chorine-Picking Described by Harvard Musical Comedy Writer--Vinton Freedley '14 Is Author of "Here's Howe" | 4/17/1928 | See Source »

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