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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yale if (17-7-1 overall,5-2-1 Ivy can knock off the first and Lynah and Harvard beats Cornell then the crimson would claim sole possession of the league title for the first time in three years...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: MacDonald Gives Harvard a Break-Every Day | 2/14/1985 | See Source »

...Cleary it felt great to knock off B.C., a team he hadn't beaten in three years. Cleary won the Beanpot Tournament MVP award in 1955, when he led Harvard to a 5-4 overtime victory in the final against B.C. "The coach really doesn't like B.C.," said junior Scott Bosco...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: 200 Wins...and a Whole Lot More | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

When doctors confronted with chlamydial symptoms mistakenly prescribe penicillin, the usual treatment for gonorrhea, or order the drugs most commonly used for urinary-tract infections, the chlamydial infection rages on. Repeated doses of the antibiotics tetracycline or erythromycin over a period of one week are required to knock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Chlamydia: the Silent Epidemic | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

With the '84 election out of the way, many strong contenders are coming out of the closet, leading observers to believe that the Democratic primary race will be a knock-down, drag-out battle between the region's heaviest heavies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Tiff for Tip's Seat | 1/31/1985 | See Source »

State Department moderates are advocating a giant swap with the Soviets. They would use Star Wars as a bargaining chip, offering to shelve it in return for deep cuts in the Soviets' heavy land-based missiles. They maintain that the U.S. cannot hope to build a defense that would knock out every Soviet missile before it struck the U.S. The Soviets, they fear, would simply rush to build more and more sophisticated missiles to saturate U.S. defenses, pushing the arms race into a volatile new phase. For the moment, the superpowers have informally agreed to practice "interim restraint" while groping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once More to Geneva: Will Star Wars be put on the bargaining table? | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

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