Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...implicit claim that it can win races merely by tossing enough dollar bills around. "Jesse Helms has very little to show for his $9 million," raised for the elections, notes one Washington Democrat. Indeed, in state races everywhere, the New Right threw away its money in futile attempts to knock off legislators like Maryland's Paul Sarbanes, Massachusetts Ted Kennedy, and Michigan's Donald Riegle...
...RECENT ELECTION'S most significant impact is Helms precarious personal position. Democrats are fancifully anticipating an excellent 1984 opportunity to knock down the New Right's leading bully...
...They've learned so much since they started out," he continues, "Joe used to be overly aggressive, and he's learned how to control that and use it to his advantage. And Pat, in his early years, was a little soft. That's not meant to be a knock. He was just so conscientious that sometimes he worried too much about making a mistake...
Aaron Pryor severed Alexis Arguello's hopes of becoming the first man to hold world titles in four weight divisions last night by unleashing a savage barrage of head punches in the 14th round to knock out the 30-year-old Nicaraguan in their junior welterweight prizefight...
...Administration could come up with a more suitable basing mode. The Pentagon is expected to recommend "Dense Pack," a controversial plan to deploy the missiles in superhardened new silos very close together. The aim is to protect the missiles through "fratricide": an attacking enemy missile would be able to knock out some U.S. missiles, but then the force of its blast would disable the other incoming ICBMs. Dense Pack, known to its detractors as "Dunce Pack," is expected to meet with lots of resistance on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers think it is an extravagant plan of dubious merit...