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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trevor Berbick won a lopsided ten-round unanimous decision last night over Muhammad Ali. Berbick was content to hit Ali in the body, and never really attempted to knock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ali Floats Like Bee, Stings Like Butterfly | 12/12/1981 | See Source »

...midnight knock on the door came shortly after George Qamsiyeh noticed one day last week that his two-story house was surrounded by Israeli soldiers. Once inside, an officer impatiently read a military decree ordering his squad to demolish the house and confiscate the land. Qamsiyeh's son Walid had been arrested the night before, and had purportedly confessed to throwing molotov cocktails at an Israeli bus. At gunpoint, the father was urged to sign the order and given 90 minutes to evacuate his family and their belongings. At 2:07 a.m., a thunderous blast rocked the West Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: New Tensions on the West Bank | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...Field corner kick toward the Aggie goal line, where A&M netminder Graylyn Boyd pounced on the ball. But Boyd failed to control the ball, and Crimson fullback Jean Piersiak, who stands in the crease to harass the goalie on corner kicks, slid into the sprawling Boyd to knock in the tying goal with 26:30 remaining in the contest...

Author: By William A. Danoff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Defeat A&M, Oregon To Finish Fifth at Nationals | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

McInally disagrees with the criticism Fish and Peabody offer. "To me, the Ivy League was the most competitive conference in the country. Any team could knock off another team any week. I think that kind of competition is the best kind and it has the right perspective. Again, it does not preclude someone from playing pro football...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: The Names of The Game | 11/21/1981 | See Source »

...father, who has never seen him in a varsity uniform, and Dave are driving all the way from California for The Game. Scheper would like nothing better than to score a couple of touchdowns for the family and help the Crimson knock off the Elis...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Paul Scheper | 11/17/1981 | See Source »

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