Word: knocks
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...would be easy to imagine that coming to Harvard is like being a perpetual freshman for many Wellesley students. The girls knock on the doors of rooms and clubs and are sometimes lucky enough to have a friend from high school on the other side who will let them inside. Even if they do not have someone waiting for them, good looks and the word Wellesley might serve as an avenue to relationships or alcohol. After they leave a party, they may come out with new acquaintances, but no connections that will grow in classrooms or entryways into actual friendships...
...head-to-head races are shaping up. Can Crash, the quintessential L.A. indie drama, make a stretch run to overtake the early favorite, Brokeback Mountain? Can Hollywood's most dapper leading man, George Clooney, beat out schlumpy but likable Paul Giamatti? Is dark horse Felicity Huffman the one to knock off everyone's darling, Reese Witherspoon? Will anyone catch Philip Seymour Hoffman...
...Take that hammer and knock yourself on the head." SADDAM HUSSEIN, former President of Iraq, addressing Raouf Abdel-Rahman, the gavel-wielding chief judge in his trial. Hussein, who has made frequent court outbursts, also announced that he was on a hunger strike...
There’s an old family legend that my grandfather boxed with JFK back in 1937, and that Grandpa completely kicked his ass. Technical Knock-Out in the first round. Ivy League playboy millionaire teeth scattered over the ring, Kennedy babbling out “I-ah, er-ah...” in a half-conscious state...
...weekend road trip, but it certainly could not avoid the blizzard. The No. 8 Crimson (12-8-4, 7-4-4 ECAC) was blown away by Ivy rival Princeton (14-6-4, 10-3-2 ECAC) Friday night by a 6-1 margin. Although Harvard rallied to knock off Quinnipiac (9-16-5, 3-12-3 ECAC) Saturday with a 3-0 shutout, the stunning result against the Tigers left Harvard with an uphill battle in the regular season’s final weeks to earn home games in the opening round of the conference tournament. The top four teams...