Word: punched
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...costume consisting of a red coat, white pants and a white cap, this amazingly ubiquitous character climbed unnoticed onto the speakers' platform at Detroit. As Radiorator Coughlin was loudly explaining the difference between Communism and Christianity, nimble Woody Hockaday showered him with feathers, deftly sidestepped a punch the priest aimed at him, shouted into the microphone: "You can't mix religion and politics!" While Peaceman Hockaday was being hauled off to a cell, Father Coughlin regained his composure, continued his address, feathers fluttering with every gesture...
There are more grounds for believing an upset possible than the 32-0 Army stamped might seem to warrant. Witnesses of the Crimson eleven clicking off plays in practice sessions prier to that game can't help but feel that the Harlow trained boys have a punch they couldn't uncock against Army. Whether it was the rain, or just a bad case of stage fright doesn't matter now-there is very little use in crying over the 32 points cropped by the Army mule from Cambridge turf last Saturday. The important question is whether or not this latent...
...Punch at Baldwin
...harshest blow at the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin thus far, Punch last fortnight cartooned the fact that the Prime Minister is supposed to favor Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain as his successor in a manner calculated to make squeamish Britons retch. With a beaming expression on his round face, Mr. Baldwin is shown thrusting the juicy mouthpiece of his famed old pipe under the beaknose of Mr. Chamberlain whose eyes bulge with revulsion...
Although the Crimson team were able to march for repeated first downs, and were almost continually on the offensive, they lacked the punch to put the ball over the last marker. Three times during the first half the ball was advanced within the Providence 20 yard line, once resting 3 yards from a score where the Jayvees were held for downs...