Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Leverett House grates brought the homeless right up onto Harvard's doorstep. Let's not leave them lying there...
...apron. After embracing most of the relatives, one by one, he said, "We'll all go out together in a few minutes. I wish there was something I could say to make it easier, but there just aren't any words." Yet when the music stopped and he stepped onto the outdoor ; rostrum, Reagan once again found the right words, and he delivered them eloquently...
...accurate to call the homeless the bottom rung of society; they are off the ladder altogether. They are the dispossessed, the outcasts. People may be driven onto the street for any number of reasons, but once they're there, it's difficult for them to leave. Christopher Blanchard, who spent two years on the street and now works for the Coalition for the Homeless, says "Many street people feel they are subject to forces beyond their control." Locked in a cycle of despair and helplessness, they tend to rationalize their position, trying to convince themselves and others that they "want...
...possible in an era of Boren-Goldwater. It is hardly practical to refuse PAC donations considering the high cost of a campaign. Legislators who rely solely on individual contributions are a dying breed; few politicians remain willing to brave the political waters without trusty PAC donations to hold onto. PAC reform would consequently make resisting the encroachment of special interests significantly more practical for legislators...
They are known in Sacramento as "crunch weeks," when California's assembly and senate face deadlines for moving legislation toward passage. Last week, as a cutoff approached for voting bills out of committee and onto the floor, the most frantic spot in town was Room 4202 in the capitol building, the hearing room of the assembly's critical ways and means committee. Day after day, the chamber was aswarm with legislators, their aides and California's highly visible corps of lobbyists...