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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard scored two late goals to knock off Brown University, 2-1, last Saturday, but couldn't repeat the magic last night, despite Groome's heroic efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terriers Bite Stickwomen Early, Hang On | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

...described Independent William Monahan's campaigning as "medium speed." "Bill wants the job but he won't knock himself out to get it," he commented...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: That Was Then: This Is the State Legislature | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...pourri: "Hop-Frog," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amantillado," "The Raven," and "The Bells," in any good anthology, Edgar Allan Poe. By the Master of Disaster, the Big Daddy of the Supersonic P-P-Pulse Rate. Each piece is guaranteed to knock a couple years off any poor pup's life. And "The Bells," especially, is a terrific way to round off your Poeportion. Find yourself getting sleepy? Little weak? Sorta drowsy? Recite "The Bells" aloud into a tape deck, pop your recording into an industrial strength ghetto blaster, and let 'er rrrrrip, full volume, for dozing neighbors...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Syllabus | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

...minutes later, the visitors kicked the ball into the Crimson's endzone. As a Harvard player attempted to down the ball, the Connecticut defense swarmed in to knock it loose. In the ensuing pile-up, a Connecticut rugger came up with the ball for a try--but not without a spot of controversy...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Southern Conn. Cans Ruggers; Crimson Out of National Chase | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...operated by a corporation with the upscale name of Servico, Inc. The new owners, with plans to turn the place into a yuppie paradise, had invited the world to watch them "implode" the Grossinger Playhouse, where innumerable comics, singers and dancers had broken in their acts. Dynamite would knock down the floors and ceilings, leaving only a gaunt wooden frame. Bulldozers would take care of that. From some of the older witnesses, the word oy was repeated sotto voce all morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: in New York: Simon Says Condo | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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