Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makeshift stake, a rock somebody found on the ground. It was a race to reach the stake, but as soon as someone reached the final goal, we changed the rules. The game became Killer Croquet. If you hit the stake first, you were poison, and your goal was to knock out every other player permanently Hitting another ball meant death for your opponent. Hitting a wicket meant suicide...
...nickname "Berkeley Berzerkly," he has maintained a steadfastly critical military posture during his 22 years as Congressman from Oakland, California. It was Dellums who consistently slashed away at Defense expenditures, voted to cut the number of B-2 bombers down to 20 when the Pentagon wanted 130, helped knock back the budget for the Strategic Defense Initiative and voted to trim U.S. military presence in Europe. His mantra: some of the billions spent on defense could be better spent elsewhere -- such as on the poor and the disadvantaged...
...billion in receipts comes from deductible business meals. In the early 1980s, power lunches were 100% deductible. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 sliced that to 80%. "What's going to happen in five years?" asks Fisher, who adds facetiously, "Why not just knock it out completely and knock out the country's leading retail employer...
...tell by examining the metal that was torn apart. Was it a big explosion that moved a lot of things, or was it a high-velocity explosion that rent metal?" Sophisticated plastic explosives tend to shred metal and pulverize concrete, while common substances like dynamite tend to knock walls over and push vehicles around. Once investigators identify the substance, they will try to determine whether it was a homemade explosive, one made from commercially available material or a product of limited availability, like a military-grade explosive. If the material is common, the trail may be colder than...
...seemed only a few months ago that the CD player seemed guaranteed to be around for a while. Today industry experts aren't so sure. "There is a fear that MiniDiscs could knock out CDs, which have become a standard," observes Michael Riggs, executive editor of Stereo Review. "I would really prefer that it wouldn't happen because it might upset the investment people have made in CDs." A lot of other people would have that preference too, it seems safe...