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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ACSR has very little real power. Corporation response to ACSR recommendations--often formed with the best of intentions--has historically been pitiful. But the ACSR has officially invited all who are interested to knock on its door tonight and make their opinions known. The offer is no more than a morsel, and, if we expect the beliefs of the student body ever to reach the Corporation and have an effect on its policy decisions, a morsel, no matter how tasty, will not do the trick. Nevertheless, experience shows that if the Corporation responds at all on the investment question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Make ACSR Listen | 4/7/1981 | See Source »

...important also to remember how hard it is for a team to repeat. Being champion means everybody saves their best pitcher to knock you off--so get ready to see a Lockenmayer or Darling just about every day. It means you have to be up for each game, because in this league, in an ordinary year, four losses means death...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Harvard Baseball: Can A Young Team Repeat? | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

...sudden plague of injuries (Jaime Wylie's badly sprained ankle and the shoulder Mike Davis separated against B.C. can be added to the list) could certainly be blamed on missed practice time as well--time lost in getting into the top competitive shape needed to go out and knock heads with teams like Johns Hopkins and Cornell. Evidence last season's injury record, after a full dose of preseason preparation...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: The Laxmen Labor, Injured and Out of Practice | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

When he answered a knock on his door at 8:30 p.m., a stranger asked directions then shot him twice in the head. Two suspects have been arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Week's Murder Victims | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...Instant Karma line with 15 goals and 14 assists, including six power play goals and five two-goal games. The very surprising defensive contributions of junior Alan Litchfield, who had the most consistent season of anyone on the blueline, and walk-on freshman Ken Code, whose dive-and-knock-the-puck-away style continually foiled the opposition's scoring chances...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Some Good News and Some Bad News | 3/19/1981 | See Source »

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