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Word: punching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little opponent, seizes him, takes him over to the ropes and drops him out onto the concrete. As his victim is clambering back into the ring the ogre grabs him by the head and tosses him, uppercuts him as he tries to rise, brains him with a rabbit punch, kicks him in the head, picks him up, whirls him around, slams him down and falls on him to win as the crowd calliopes its approval...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/15/1935 | See Source »

...underfed Communist on a soap box in the Common, no overfed American Federation of Labor official from State headquarters, but First Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward Francis McGrady, addressing a rally of unionized telephone operators. What stung this strong language from Labor's dandified McGrady was the double punch which Federal courts had just handed NRA's collective bargaining clause in Delaware (see p. 15), its wage fixing provisions in Kentucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Organization v. Rights | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

Probation has taken a heavy toll in the ranks of the Freshmen, with three men ruled ineligible. Ham Turner's ample shoes will be filled by Dave Gardner, a tackle on the Freshman team last fall, he has developed a hard punch this winter, and is slated as a winner by Henry Lamar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMONG THE MINORS | 3/6/1935 | See Source »

...game series. Leavitt S. White '37, is still out, and to cap the climax Captain Dick Boys has also developed a charley horse and may not see action. This injury, which is the reason Boys did not play against Syracuse last Saturday, removes all the fore-court scoring punch from the team, and makes victory a remote possibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIPPLED FIVE HEADS FOR LAIR OF BULLDOG | 2/27/1935 | See Source »

...accident to one of the regulars is little less than tragic, and no adequate solution has yet been found. Both By Moser and Jack Mason, regulars on last year's Freshman quintet, have been working out at the right forward position, trying to get in the swing, but the punch of the former combination is still lacking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMONG THE MINORS | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

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