Word: onto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Four incumbents, Francis Duehay '55, Mary Ellen Preusser, David Wylie and Saundra Graham, received endorsements by large margins. The convention also voted strongly in favor of endorsing challenger David Sullivan, but another challenger, Alvin Thompson, barely squeaked onto the ticket...
...particles to fall on a detector and create an image, like light (in the form of "photons") hitting film in a camera. Giacconi saw that by positioning mirrors at shallow angles to the incoming radiation, astronomers could collect X-rays over a large area and funnel them onto a small detector, allowing for photographs "a millionfold" more detailed than previously possible...
...jargon), a controller in the tower knew that something was wrong. "Do you want to come back?" he radioed the pilot. There was no answer. Captain Lux and his crew were far too busy. The aircraft's left turbofan engine had broken out of its moorings and fallen onto the runway. Normally the loss of one engine's power would not have been fatal; the aircraft is designed to function on just two engines even during takeoff...
Lance pleaded not guilty to all charges and called them "totally ridiculous." As reporters tumbled out of the courthouse onto the street, Lance told them: "Y'all be careful. I don't want any of you to get run over. I want this same crowd around when I'm found innocent." Co-Defendant Mitchell claimed the indictment was an act of Yankee malice. Said he: "The War Between the States? They said it was over 100 years ago." Mullins, a former druggist in Calhoun, sounded equally aggrieved: "Apparently, my only crime was being a friend of Bert...
...quality of his tobacco juice excretions. But somehow Section 18 just won't be the same: it has lost the special character and flavor. It looks too sterile, and I can't imagine some future John Arnold or Fritz McLoughlin unwrapping an ugly, ten-pound fish and hurling it onto the back of some unsuspecting Dartmouth goaltender...