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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...successful cartoon series and paperback books by the same name. Thing is, it works. There is something awe-inspiring about seeing the heaviest living man sitting outside on a chair the size of a Mazda. How about a wax representation of a man with three eyes? Don't knock it til you've seen it, or the shrunken heads, either. While you're in the area, check out Fort Castillo a quizzical structure with eight-foot thick walls made out of coquina shells...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Living It Up in the Florida Sunshine | 3/20/1982 | See Source »

...wide, flat roads and a dingy Trailways station; except the four cheery Oranges. Arnie and his kids, were standing outside the depot, peering anxiously at the tinted bus window. I hauled myself up from my cramped position in the back seat, marched out of the bus, and managed to knock the breath out of Arnie, Dave...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Car Wrecking Texas-Style | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

...both Providence and Colgate lose. Harvard would knock the latter out of the playoffs and the former down to the eight spot and finish seventh, thereby meeting the number two team (Northeastern, New Hampshire or B.C.) in the first round of the playoffs rather than traveling to top-ranked Clarkson...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Friars Win; Icemen Still Not in Playoffs | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

Some musicals-the good ones, that is-knock audiences off their feet with brassy numbers. Others touch their hearts with sentimental ballads. Pump Boys and Dinettes is different: it tickles the funny bone and makes everybody feel, just for the evening, like a good ole boy or a good ole girl. Country music, in other words, has come to Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Good Ole Time | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...Friday and Saturday games alone, hockey team and hockey fans combined to knock out two goalies--Princeton's Ron Dennis, a perennial Crimson nemesis, with 10 minutes left in the third period and Harvard leading 7-0; and Cornell's Brian Hayward, the nation's leader in save percentage going into the contest, at the 13:01 make of the opening period, after Harvard had spun him dizzy on the way to a 5-0 lead...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Fans, Icemen Keep Playoff Hopes Alive | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

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