Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late Monday night--just as I begin planning my march up the steps of the Castle and the improvised secret knock I'll use to gain entrance--when, finally, I locate a 'Poonster who's willing to discuss the organization. To my surprise, the upperclassman admits right away that the Lampoon was behind both the parodies and the Hasty Pudding prank. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he explains, "I felt sorry for freshmen who were taken in, but maybe it made people think about institutions like [the Pudding]." He rejects my suggestion that the Lampoon has undergone some radical...
...campaigning. In high school you [didn't] have to knock on doors," Egan said. "I'm looking forward to getting to know a lot of people in my district this year...
Defeating Yale will not be easy. As one of the Ivy powerhouses, the Elis are as tough and quick as they come-not to mention hungry to knock off the defending champs...
Later on, I broach the subject again and this time Rawson offers, "Maybe they feel its a man-to-man sport where you try to knock the other guy out...But what the heck are they doing in football, or hockey, or rugby...
...will take a lot of Big Kings to knock McDonald's off its perch atop the brutal burger market; it had $32 billion in 1996 sales to No. 2 Burger King's $9 billion. The Big King's true test comes this week, when the 99[cents] deal is expected to end. (The company is mum on the regular price, but a manager in Atlanta predicts $1.99, slightly cheaper than the Big Mac.) By then, the novelty may have worn off. "It tastes good," said Don Newland, sampling one last week in Los Angeles, "but when you come down...