Word: punched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been 22 years since he burst into the city hall to punch the mayor of Newburyport flush on the mouth (60 days, said the judge). It had been 18 years since he talked about a formal bout of fisticuffs in Boston Garden to settle a grudge. The days when Bossy Gillis considered it fitting to decorate his roof with chamber pots and his bathroom plumbing fixtures with the names of political rivals were over...
...keep forgetting that the lines were written over 300 years ago. Touchstone's bawdiness, Rosalind's asides, plus a fine collection of the master's puns, maintain an atmosphere of wit that is as modern--and far more humorous--than Milton Berle. Some of Hepburn's lines had more punch than the ones she had in "The Philadelphia Story...
Often battered, seldom beaten Henry Armstrong, 36, who eleven years ago held three world's championships (featherweight, lightweight, welterweight), and more recently has been managing fighters, announced in California that he intends to take a punch at the devil. He expects soon to be ordained a Baptist minister, tour the country preaching to sinners...
...nave, the association charged an average weekly rate of $3.95. Class wars still occurred and even bloody fights among the colored waiters, but the food was considerably better than Harvard Hall's. Menus offered roast rib of beef, braised pork tenderloin with robert sauce, "Creme d'Menthe Punch", and "Jelly Roll Pudding, Wine Sauce...
During the afternoon, however, most of the men cen be found around an amply filled punch bowl on the sidelines of the baseball field. Traditionally, Stanley Semers of the University Theatre prepares the mixture with a formula which has sidetracked many celebrants...