Word: knockout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pretty Political? After a general gasp came a lively babble. Said Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks: "Swell idea. It's a knockout." Chimed Agriculture's Ezra Taft Benson: "I'm no politician. But I think it's a great idea." Finally the President got a word in. "By golly, I like that idea. But it's pretty political, isn't it, Meade?" Replied Alcorn: "And how! Mr. President. But it's good politics, and will be good for the country...
...Archibald Lee Moore, who now claims to be 49, it was the 127th knockout of his career-a record surpassing the mark set by Young Stribling back...
Alton Erickson, supervisor of the boxing and wrestling division of the Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics, announced Charles' suspension yesterday. It followed a six-round knockout of the Cincinnati boxer by Donnie Fleeman in Dallas Monday night...
...fans were satisfied, Archie was disappointed. A knockout would have given the old battler a lifetime total of 127 K.O.s, would have made him boxing's undisputed K.O. champ. It is a title he deserves. Young Stribling, a heavyweight who also claimed 126 knockouts, swelled his total by touring tank towns in the '20a and flattening the local champions. Archie has taken on all comers at all weights, from Europe to Australia...
...plans to fight. "I got to leave for Vancouver in the morning to get ready for whatsisname-that German," he announced. "I'm taking off weight so I can fight either Patterson for the heavyweight championship or Ray Robinson for my title. I'll get that knockout record soon. And I'm going to run it up so high that no one will ever beat...