Word: onto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...already received a $450,000 advance from her British publishers, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and royalties and film rights could more than double that figure. However, the loot is fast becoming an embarrassment to Golda, who has long shunned any trappings of wealth. She has planned a small addition onto her modest 2½-room cottage outside Tel Aviv, says the secretary, "but other than that she has not decided what to do with the cash. I think she simply does not want to think about...
...calls for a much larger, centralized recruiting office of up to 40 universities, although it doesn't include an automatic application review by all participating universities. The problems with Bok's plan are similar to those in the GSAS recruiting idea, in terms of passing the buck onto the centralized system. But Bok's additional proposals for more fellowships for minorities and for summer programs exposing minority students to graduate schools are both good and should be included in the overall strategy to attract more minority students to graduate schools...
...Eagle bus monitor who was clad head to toe in maroon and gold hoisted me onto a Hyannis-bound charter. Could the bus company have misinterpreted its instructions? Perhaps its idea of The Game of the year between two Irish powers was a little touch football action at the Kennedy compound...
Other moves by publishers--deletion of books that had been offered at the normal mark-up rate, or moving books onto the "short discount" list-- contributed to the decision to end discounts...
...Nine two-year-olds broke into the head of the stretch and pounded past the grandstand in a cavalry charge. So far, it was just like any other horse race. But instead of rounding the turn and racing up the backstretch, the horses slowed to a stop. Fans swarmed onto the track and filled the air with flying Stetsons...