Word: punch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Called the Brown Bomber for his punch and a string of knockouts. Louis was 23 when he first won the championship by knocking out 31-year-old James J. Braddock in the eighth round in Chicago...
Burnett's $1.6 million punch...
...punch-drunk they don't understand...
...militaristic. Why is the Administration taking the extra risk? Says one policymaker: "We feel strongly that we must not be, or seem, equivocal. We don't want to stand up there and say: 'Well, too bad if the government falls; let's just roll with the punch.' That would be Carteresque. We want to get out of the business of rolling with the punches, and if necessary start throwing some...
...there in a credible way." That seemed to echo the so-called Carter Doctrine, in which the previous Administration proclaimed that the U.S. would meet any challenge in the vital oil-producing region. The difference was that Reagan hopes to make the doctrine a threat with a punch behind...