Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knock overspending, irresponsibility or deficits. The Japanese obviously don't understand true capitalism and American culture...
Bill Cleary watched with dismay as Cornell (16-9-3) completed its quarterfinal sweep of the Crimson (13-14-1) with a 4-2 blitzkrieg to knock Harvard out of the ECAC playoffs...
...might think you'd be able to knock him around," said classmate Steve Flomenhoft, who has taken over the role of the Crimson enforcer now that Kevan Melrose has gone, "but he gives a hit just as well as he takes it. He may be labelled a finesse player, but there is a good part of his game that's physical play, and you'll see him knock down bigger guys...
Lukanov learned of the honor we planned to bestow on him when one of our photographers requested a portrait session. The next thing I knew, there was a knock at the door of my apartment. I answered to find a small round man sweating nervously and burbling apologies in Russian. To lubricate what he clearly feared would be a difficult encounter, he had brought along a bottle of Bulgarian brandy. He also had a bouquet of flowers for my wife...
Earlier this month, after a political knock-down-and-drag-out in which the reformers routed the last of the Old Guard, Lukanov emerged as Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He is a key member of a new, Gorbachevite leadership that is liberalizing the economy, is ready to share power with non-Communists and looks likely to do well in the free, multiparty elections it plans to hold in May. It would be nice to say you read about him here first, in a scouting report 17 years ago. But then maybe you wouldn't be reading about...