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...masterpiece of radicalism, he urges the reader to believe that the communists are an erudite aggregation who predict revolution without advocating it. One is reminded of the classic morn when Poppea in her arrogance called Cleopatra a courtesan. Indeed, according to Mr. Strachey, it is not the communists who knock off the proverbial chip, but the fat capitalist who grinds down the worker to the depths of poverty and fifth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 10/17/1935 | See Source »

...Would knock my mentality half-way to hell...

Author: By L. P. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/10/1935 | See Source »

...cotton and copper producers have enjoyed a brisk business with Italy. According to Capital observers, if the Presidential definition of "implements of war" were enlarged to its logical boundaries to include such raw materials, Washington would become a pandemonium of log rolling, back-scratching and lobbying which would knock the neutrality program into a cocked helmet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Implements of War | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

...figure I can hit him while he's cranking up his right. I think I'll knock him out, cold. I figure I can knock anybody out cold. . . ."-Joe Louis, in Pompton Lakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fisticuffs & Colonels | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

Dated Aug. 26, Publisher Howard's letter fairly oozed personal friendship, while setting up certain familiar criticisms of the Administration for the President in his reply to knock down. Excerpt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Breathing Spell | 9/16/1935 | See Source »

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