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Word: knocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kuan Yew: If not for him, it would be more difficult to do it. He not only has the determination, the willingness and the readiness to knock heads and get unpleasant things done, he also has the experience of the last four years in getting inflation down. No one else can rival his grasp of the overall picture and the details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense Of Asian Values: Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...while someone of the opposite sex holds the bottle. Perhaps the most bizarre event however, involves two people who have rubber hoses tied around their waists with a bottle of Hooch hanging off the end. The race is on to see who can, through the most adept pelvic thrusts, knock a lemon across the dance floor using only the dangling bottle. After the race is over, both contestants get a free Hooch hat, the promoters toss out a handful of Hooch condoms, and the whole bar gets another round of the "fresh, lemony beverage...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: Bottoms Up! | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

According to Shoshana Weiner '98, Home Realty Trust, the landlord of Central Square Plaza, intends to knock down stores in the plaza to make way for a multi-level complex featuring luxury apartments, chain stores such as the GAP and a parking garage...

Author: By Melissa K. Crocker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Stand Up For Central Square | 3/4/1998 | See Source »

...news that Representative Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.) is resigning is disappointing. The Republican Party is losing a rising star to the abyss of private life, and Americans are losing a good chance to knock off Dick Armey (R-Tex.), Newt's sidekick, as majority leader...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: BUT WILL THE BABY RUN? | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

...tsunami of cheap imports towards America, while Japan's failure to stimulate its domestic demand and absorb some of Asia's exports exacerbates the crisis. "If the trend reflected in the December U.S. trade deficit continues - and there's every reason to believe it will - the Asian crisis could knock 1 percent off our GDP and wipe out 1 million American jobs," says Van Voorst.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Asian Specter | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

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