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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even former newsmen tend to hold onto these reassuring beliefs, as they might to an old teddy bear. It is this relunctance to put aside childish things that causes the poor fellows now and then to walk the plank for no good reason, instead of lying...

Author: By Jerry Doolittle, | Title: A Strange Yearning for The Truth | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

Offensive guard Watson certainly wins the award for oddest injury of the year. The senior lineman was running onto the field for the second half at Princeton when he tripped over a section of the runway--an area where long jump and high jump events are staged--and injured his ankle. Watson's status for today's game is unknown...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Injuring Harvard's Title Chances | 11/1/1986 | See Source »

Last night's crowd was given an eerie reminderof the theatre's fate when the program wasinterrupted by fire alarms from within thetheater, forcing the assembly to file onto thelawn to await the fire company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artists Gather to Recall Heyday of Poets' Theatre | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

...players couldn't wait to get onto the field," Princeton Coach Ron Rogerson said after the Tigers' 14-3 victory. "I knew from the beginning that we would play intensely no matter what happened...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: A Potential Quarterback Controversy Grows in Cambridge | 10/28/1986 | See Source »

While little is known about how growth factors work, there is no doubt of their importance. Doctors at Harvard Medical School use EGF to grow skin for grafting onto burn patients. Other growth factors may hold important clues about cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Cohen seemed surprised by the Nobel award. "You just keep on trying to find things," he said. "I'm very happy that the work we've been doing the last 25 to 30 years turned out to be important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE: Lives of Spirit and Dedication | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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