Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Penn stunned Brown, 10-8, to knock the Bears out of the title picture...
...different from ordinary water used in other detectors. It does, however, change its nuclear structure enough to make this observatory sensitive not just to one but to all three known varieties of neutrinos. Only electron neutrinos--one of the three types--generate flying electrons. But all three will knock the extra neutron from heavy-water molecules...
...rush? Because both on Wall Street and on Main Street, slow growth means no growth. Competitors are quick to knock off new ideas, which underscores the importance of locking up the best locations quickly. The ability to establish a national presence brings with it buying power that can lower the cost of advertising, equipment and ingredients. That in turn creates cost advantages that can be used as a weapon against less efficient operators...
...Haiti or Bosnia, places where America's involvement may be desirable but is ultimately optional. China is not optional. A half-century after World War II, the U.S. remains the dominant power in the Pacific, and to the degree that it tries to maintain influence there, it will inevitably knock up against China's rising importance. The peace and prosperity of the world in the next century depend in many ways on what Beijing does. How should the U.S. handle it? There are essentially two prescriptions: a policy called comprehensive engagement, and one that goes under the old cold...
...game of musical chairs) and similar horrors. One strip introduced the Can-o-Matic, "a rest-room stall that randomly fires people by slapping a pink slip on their backs and catapulting them out of the building." In another, Dilbert's boss uses humor as a management tool. "Knock, knock," he says. "Who's there?" asks a worker. "Not you anymore...