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Word: punch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard dominated the game completely with excellent defense and persistent ball control. For more than half the battle, the Crimson seemed to be sorely missing the scoring punch which graduated superstar Chris Ohiri had provided for three seasons, but a pair of goals in the third quarter by veteran center torward Keith Chiappi and a last-period tally by sophomore Jim Saltonstall gave Harvard all the scoring it needed...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Booters Topple Tufts, 3-0; Chiappa Kicks Two Goals | 10/1/1964 | See Source »

...team's offense is punch-poor. Munro will hope to develop a balanced attack this season, which was obviously impossible with a super-star like Ohiri on the team. A few front-liners remain from last year's squad, including center Keith Chiappa, Hugh Polk at inside left and Fred Akuffo at inside right. They too should receive considerable support from sophomores. Inside left Akinlabi Adewole and Charlie Njoku, Ohiri's cousin, look particularly promising...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Munro Unveils New Soccer Squad Today; 'Balance' Compensates for Loss of Ohiri | 9/30/1964 | See Source »

Munro was very much encouraged by the team's victory Saturday in a scrimmage against a Toronto amateur team. But the team's chances this year will depend largely on the performance of the sophomores, and Munro's ability to put together a combination with some scoring punch...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Munro Unveils New Soccer Squad Today; 'Balance' Compensates for Loss of Ohiri | 9/30/1964 | See Source »

Premier Nguyen Khanh is like a kid's bell-bottom punch toy. No sooner is he knocked flat than he's up and grinning, ready for another foul blow. Last week the swat of a rebellious fist seemed to knock Khanh cockeyed, but within moments he was back on his feet-ready to be knocked down again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Remaking a Revolution | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...servants and profiteers-and threatens Khanh's ouster if those rather sweeping conditions are not met. But who is to say who, in all of South Viet Nam, is "corrupt, dishonest and counter-revolutionary"? Now, in addition to the steady pressures exerted on him by Catholics and Buddhists, Punch Toy Premier Khanh faces the even more random fists of self-seeking Young Turks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Remaking a Revolution | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

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