Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high point of Thatcher's visit was her speech before Congress. The last British Prime Minister so honored was Winston Churchill in 1952. Dressed in a black suit and flowered blouse, Thatcher received a two-minute standing ovation as she stepped onto the podium. After noting that Churchill had enjoyed a "special advantage" because his American mother had given him "ties of blood with you," Thatcher drew laughter by dryly adding, "Alas for me, these are not matters we can readily arrange for ourselves...
...Pickens was a star guard on the Amarillo High basketball team. During the semifinal round of a state tournament, his shooting helped keep his team in the game, even though he and his teammates were much shorter than the opposition. At the last time-out, Pickens bounded onto a bench and exhorted, "Guys, I think we've got 'em! Just keep playing the way you have been!" Unfortunately for biographers, the final result was a one-point loss...
Sixty seconds later, when the Crimson skated back onto the ice, goalie Kimmel stayed behind...
...drawers and 10 million cards replaced by a central memory bank and 50 low-slung terminals. Instead of thumbing through stacks of 3-by-5 cards in search of a book, readers will now type a title or topic on a keyboard and watch the pertinent information flash onto a screen before them...
...want to continue the game," protested Karpov half convincingly after Campomanes' announcement. "As we say in Russia, rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." (Apparently, Russians read and claim Mark Twain.) Kasparov, who had been sitting in the back of the hall, was stunned. Striding onto the podium, he demanded to know why the match had been called off. "You knew I wanted to continue," he shouted, shaking his fist. "They are trying to deprive me of my chance." With that, he stormed out of the auditorium. To quell the ensuing pandemonium, an unaccustomed diversion at Soviet press conferences...