Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...electronic trickery he can make the controls and instruments in the cockpit behave as if a fuel line had clogged, or as if a deadly crust of ice were forming on the wings and tail surfaces. He can knock out the radio or devil it with static. He can kindle a fire in the baggage compartment or chill the passengers by knocking out the cabin heating system...
Still to be voted on was the rest of next year's military budget-now a big proposed $11.6 billion. Congress might knock out some items, such as the 80,000-ton carrier which the Navy yearned for. Congress was less than likely to pass universal military training, which was down for $400 million. But in the end the total defense appropriations would be around $14 billion, which was even more than the Finletter Commission, in its most anxious moments four months ago, had thought necessary for national defense. There were no bargains, yet, in defense...
Speaking of his outfield, Samborski praised Chip Gannon for his ability to knock in runs. "He's only hitting around .250," said the coach, "but he gets them when we need them...
Connecticut has now ruled that on knock downs a boxer must stay down for a count of eight. Illinois recently announced that all boxers must take a rigid medical exam (including skull X ray) once a month and before each fight. (Jackie Darthard, it turned out, had complained of "an awful headache" after a fight last fall.) Wisconsin, too, had tightened its rules...
Every door in the Houses, Yard, and graduate schools will sound with the Harvard Food Relief Committee solicitor's knock starting today as 250 men start making the rounds for the world Student Service Fund, dedicated to keeping the overseas student movement alive...