Word: punch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Joseph P. Harris, a retired University of California political science professor, it weighs a mere 6 Ibs. and costs $185 per unit (against $1,800 for the present automatic voting machines, which, because of their size, are also far more expensive to store). Votomatic works by electronic punch card. As with the Coleman system, the precinct ballots must eventually be taken to a centralized computer headquarters...
Harvard's sophomore scoring punch ushered an exciting Crimson dark horse into the Eastern hockey race last night with a 3-1 victory over Northeastern. Down, 1 to 0, after the first period, the icemen scored their dramatic comeback win in the Arena on goals by sophomores Bob Fredo, Don Grimble, and Kent Parrot...
Some performers resisted the temptation to mug and punch their lines home for easy laughs. Roger Dunwell, as the principal narrator (a role Thomas took when the play premiered in New York) both understood his part and spoke it clearly; if he has conquered opening-night nervousness, his reading ought to set a standard for the rest of the cast. Patrick Diehl, a splendid basso, made the lusting quack, Mr. Waldo, seem a lovable rogue. And Mary Moss, playing a variety of loose women, could hardly have been improved upon (her singing was off-key, but there again, one suspects...
...contemptuously. "I am going to beat him so badly that he'll need a shoehorn to get his hat on again." Cassius obviously is a man of his word. In the first round he was so busy taunting his opponent ("White American!") that he neglected to throw a punch and Patterson won the round. It was the only round...
...rest of the fight, Clay's left fist beat a bewildering tattoo on Patterson's forehead, and Cassius punctuated each punch with cries of "Boop! Boop! Boop!" Patterson later complained that he had aggravated an old back injury. Only losers need excuses, and Floyd needed more than most. From the second round on, it was evident that Cassius could have knocked Patterson out any time he chose-and he almost did, despite himself, in the sixth round. A ripping uppercut snapped Floyd's head back and turned his legs to rubber; a left hook drove...