Word: knocks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...before voters go to the polls. The Bush campaign is on track to raise $200 million, which, perhaps more than anything else, is a testament to the devotion of his supporters. And at Bush's suburban Virginia campaign headquarters, manager Ken Mehlman has taken to asking staff members who knock off early, "Does Howard Dean's staff go home...
...gubernatorial elections in Kentucky and Mississippi three weeks ago, they gave their strategy a test drive. Bush swooped into both states the weekend before the election, and after he spoke, 2,500 volunteers were loaded on buses, given cold water and sandwiches and sent to precincts to knock on doors. Armed with PDAs that had been fed over the course of the campaign with precise information about the interests of those on the other side of the doors, the volunteers came prepared with individualized talking points. In some Republican counties, turnout was up more than 200% over the last election...
...Matsui prefers to stay at his current position. "My feeling is that I am a shortstop," he says. "I could learn a lot by playing beside Jeter, but I would want the chance to someday compete for his spot. It would not be easy to knock him off, but if I became a Yankee, I would like to be given the chance...
Rogus was particularly lethal from behind the three-point arc, shooting 5-11 (45 percent). The rest of the team managed to knock down just 2-of-10 treys...
...puck bounced off of Du near the Terrier’s goal, and Mandes attempted to knock it past Fields. Caught in the traffic in front, the puck lay in the crease for several moments before anybody realized where it was, and Du was the first to get his stick on it. He directed it in for the score and a 3-2 Harvard lead...