Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard for him to believe that all those destroyed landing craft, tanks and trucks had disappeared. "Look at the parking lot and the vacation houses," said Fuller. "The place has turned into a resort!" Still, he was moved by the sight. Hoisting his nine-year-old daughter Samantha onto his shoulders, Fuller moved across the 200 yards of beach to the water line. For a moment he stood there silently, then retraced his steps of 40 years ago with his child, instead of a pack, on his back...
...Neill had heard enough. Incensed by an attack on Democratic legislators by Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia during a debate last week, the House Speaker dropped his gavel and strode angrily onto the floor, leaving his Massachusetts colleague Democrat Joseph Moakley to take the chair. O'Neill shook a finger at Gingrich and roared, "You challenged their patriotism, and it is the lowest thing that I have ever seen in my 32 years in Congress...
...life. Very good children should, in fact, be allowed to see the twilight transformation as 10 million light bulbs wink alive. The computerized lighting system, designed by Richard Peters, provides soft, ever changing illumination. Focal, ambient and sparkling lamps caress the roofs and walkways and bounce stars onto the river and lagoons. The lighting patterns change six times nightly and are different each night. Each evening too a different fireworks display explodes over...
...minoxidil, made by Upjohn. It proved to have the bizarre side effect of promoting hair growth everywhere on the body, probably because it increases blood supply to the hair follicles. Trying to make a virtue of necessity, Upjohn began a number of studies in which minoxidil ointment was rubbed onto the scalp. In Washington, D.C., early this month, Dr. Hideo Uno, of the University of Wisconsin, reported that "minoxidil stopped the natural process of balding" in monkeys that normally lose their hair. So far, results in humans have been less clear-cut. "There is no question that minoxidil can stimulate...
...store for Indy, Willie and Indy's pre-teen sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) before the end of reel one. A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai! A scarifying ride in a pilotless plane! A midair bailout in a raft that bounces them onto a steep mountain slope for a wild toboggan ride off a cliff and into a raging river whose rapids carry them to ... But you get the idea. An army of professionals-439 listed in the credits-has set the narrative motor purring in high gear...