Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, the guests at the college had been alerted about the delaying circumstances. At 7 p.m., in a meeting hall, a couple of instructors refreshed them on Soviet history and told them that "our intention is not to antagonize or further antagonize these people but to bring the discussion onto common ground." The audience, numbering about 250, was reminded that "after the revolution of 1917, the U.S. was among the nations trying to destabilize the Marxist regime. We tend to forget that; they never will." Looking at his watch, one speaker said it seemed to him that "at times...
...Heard on the Street" column of the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2 million) is always tucked onto the bottom of the paper's penultimate page. But its out-of-the-way position belies its importance as a mover of markets. A gossipy grab bag of investment tips, spot analysis and rumors about companies, the daily feature can drive stocks sharply up or down. Last week, though, the column itself was hot news on Wall Street. In an extraordinary front-page story and related articles, the Wall Street Journal disclosed details of what is shaping up as probably the most...
...thief, one high school student in Alpine, N.J., interviewed by TIME is typical. The 15-year-old sophomore owns an Apple He computer and augments his allowance of $10 a week by bootlegging software. He buys a game like Commodore's Omega Race for $29.95, copies it onto a blank disc that costs him about $3 and sells it to his buddies for $10. "It's really simple," says the boy. "Nothing's easier than copying software...
...demonstration of our superior intellect." There are better players hi the N.B.A., but it is the fans' ability to suspend reason that sets off the college game. Students and alumni genuinely imagine that they have something in common with the people enlisted to play basketball for them, holding onto the spirit of a time when everyone matriculated together and a few went out for the team. Cynicism is not unknown, only suppressed. In some places, a lot of things are suppressed...
Just three years ago this month, the Washington Post had to admit that its Pulitzer prize-winning story by Janet Cooke about an eight-year-old heroin addict was a hoax. The scandal shocked editors of the Wall Street Journal, which put a squad of reporters onto the story and emerged with a tough front-page report ("Lessons for All Journalists...