Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...problem. Instituting two lectures a week on some great authors might aid men to develop a consciousness of the art of writing and would certainly help them in their appreciation of literature. This might kill two birds with one stone, or at least seriously wound them. Secondly it would knock out the need for both English 28 and 79, two survey courses which duplicate each other in all but method...
...Trade summoned the Board's directors to a secret meeting, they found Mr. Rosenbaum one jump ahead of them. He had secured an injunction to restrain the Board from suspending his company on the grounds that suspension would force a reckless liquidation of the company's holdings, knock the bottom out of the grain market. But Mr. Boylan had one ace left. If the court would not let him suspend Rosenbaum Grain, at least he could prevent the company from buying & selling grain, by closing the Exchange, which he did. Before it was opened next day, the court...
Died. "Fireman Jim Flynn" (Andrew Chiariglone), 55, heavyweight, only boxer ever to knock out Jack Dempsey; of heart disease; in Los Angeles. Twice defeated by Negro Jack Johnson, Flynn became a trial horse for heavyweights of the ''White Hope" period, was on the down grade when he managed to floor Dempsey in one round in 1917. Next year Dempsey, on his way to championship, knocked out Flynn in one round...
...idea that labor was king and a bricklayer the aristocrat of labor. He bought a house, a car, a radio (all on in-stallments), joined the Elks; his wife began to play bridge and put on other airs. Because he felt so prosperous Matt thought he would knock off work awhile, take his family on a tour around the country. It was an entertaining trip. "Another thing we done in Washington is to go into the Senate and look in on those damn fools with goatees and funny coats arguing about this and that just like they was arguing about...
...down to the lake shore at 8:30 a. m. with his slender, blonde model. She would strip off her clothes, stand ankle deep in the icy water in a pose that the whole world knows. A slow meticulous worker, Artist Chabas would paint for only 30 minutes, then knock off until the next good morning. When the canvas was finished by the end of the second summer, he called it Matinee de Septembre and sent it to the Salon of 1912 where it won a medal of honor and very little public attention. Hunting for a purchaser, Artist Chabas...