Word: knocks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cobalt-valuable as a steel alloy for cutting tools-was cut by two-thirds. Beginning Feb. 1, every purchase of more than 25 lbs. will need Government approval. The cobalt pinch will be felt in radios, television sets, refrigerators and all enamelware household appliances; it is likely to knock out color TV for the duration...
Heavyweight (185 lbs.) Charles has befuddled his opponent. Four times since he took Joe Louis' vacated title 18 months ago by outpointing Jersey Joe Walcott, Charles has taken on and knocked out would-be challengers. Only Joe Louis himself managed to stay in the ring with the champion for a full 15 rounds and that, some thought, may have been because Charles found himself unwilling, in the late rounds, to knock out a man he reveres. But because Charles lacks the shuffling deadliness of Joe Louis in his prime,* a lot of fight fans had labeled him a second...
Another and more important reason is the smaller, simpler engine. The turbojet has no propeller-a very vulnerable item. It has no delicate ignition system which a few flying chunks of steel can knock out of commission. It has fewer oil lines; it can get along, in fact, with very little lubrication. It needs no cooling system, except the air passing through it. The engine of the propeller-driven F51 has a tender pressurized cooling system with radiators and more than 20 feet of lines, and if any of these is punctured, the engine "freezes" quickly from overheating...
...that, according to Time of Decision, Ted's whole life changed. He began to learn about first aid ("teaches self-reliance and self-preservation"), teamwork ("a help in football"), and how to shoot ("trains the eye and steadies the nerves"). His uniform added glamour ("Boy, will I ever knock 'em dead in this!"), and by the time he was a senior, Ted was so popular that he was "one of the men chosen to escort the campus queen...
...greatest ovation of all bailed the news that a telegram of encouragement had been received from Sewickly, Pennsylvania. The message exhorted the Rine to knock a certain capital letter out of Princeton...