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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beggars storm Notre Dame's doors, Laughton climbs to the roof and hurls huge building blocks down on the crowd as he howls with maniacal laughter. For a finale, he overturns a cauldron of molten metal into the gutters leading to the cathedral's gargoyle rain-spouts. It blows onto the mob while Laughton executes his fiendish victory dance around the cauldron. For Charles Adams fans, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a must-see--for anyone else it is still a classic film...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 2/16/1952 | See Source »

After the non-alcoholic meal the officer in charge of our group announced that we would "Proceed immediately by vehicle to the flight line." Getting onto the flight line required badges, passes, and almost everything short of loyaky oaths, for Otis Field is headquarters of two of the jet plane squadrons charged with the defense of New England. "We've tightened up greatly in the past year," explained a captain. "We can't be too careful these days...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: A Scramble for Rotarians | 2/9/1952 | See Source »

NORMAN B. BOLOMON is copying mathematical equations and symbols onto a magnetic tape on Mark IV's coding box." This tape will be fed into the computer where it will control its operations. The coding box measures about six feet by ten feet and has over 200 boys with a number or symbol on each. Mark IV is nearing completion and full use. Tests are now being conducted with the new machine. Multi-colored lights flash, a complex of gears spins, and soon an electric typewriter types the answers on a white spool of paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mark IV, Newest Computer, Opens This May | 1/31/1952 | See Source »

...University will study and look at it (the request), but would be reluctant to lose title to the land," Reynolds commented last night. The Observatory and two other small plots are the only spots left onto which the University can expand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PTA Seeks Observatory Grounds As Site for New Peabody School | 1/26/1952 | See Source »

...first half of the game was comparatively dull, with Dartmouth holding onto a five-point margin most of the time. In the third quarter, however, Bill Dennis cot hot sinking 11 of his 15 points, and the Crimson led, 49 to 45, at the end of the period. Lionette also scored five of his 17 points in this quarter...

Author: By Jere Bron-kahn, | Title: Quintet Falls to Dartmouth In Last Second of Overtime | 1/16/1952 | See Source »

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