Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Germans, however, could never quite take all of Stalingrad. While they held air superiority, they were unable to knock out the powerful batteries of Russian artillery across the Volga. And beyond the Stalingrad cauldron, the Red Army was on the move. In late November 1942 the Russians encircled the city, trapping thousands of German and Romanian troops. Hitler had committed a strategic mistake. He had dissipated his military strength and caused tremendous logistical confusion by splitting up the offensive -- sending a huge strike force toward the Caucasus simultaneously with the drive toward Stalingrad...
...triple-teaming makes it difficult for players such as Mitchell to bring the ball up to shoot. At least one player is always slapping at the ball, trying to knock it loose...
Leake is quick enough so he can position himself in front of rumbling forwards and take the charge, or he can knock the ball out of opposing centers' hands...
...preliminary results were still unavailable last night, chat at headquarters centered primarily on low voter turnout. Wolf supporters stationed at polls around the city said as few as eight people had voted in the last two hours of polling. At midday, turnout was so low that Wolf began to knock on neighborhood doors, soliciting last minute votes...
...result not of working in the mines but rather of years of cigarette smoking. "These companies don't think nothing of you," says Perry. "If you're able to perform, you're all right, but if you're disabled, you're dirt. They'll spend $10,000 to knock you out of a $100 bill...