Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko went out of his way to give his Chinese counterpart, Huang Hua, a cordial welcome. After a 90-min. meeting, both sides declared that they were optimistic about the future of Sino-Soviet relations. Said TASS: "The Soviet leadership is striving to move these relations onto the track of good neighborliness." Although Huang was replaced as Foreign Minister after his return from Moscow by Wu Xueqian, a former Deputy Foreign Minister, the switch reflected no change in policy...
...their plants close down and workers go onto indefinite layoff and the hard winter sets in, Americans want help. They begin to regard themselves as the suckers of international trade, the only free trade purists left in a world of venal nationalisms...
...more controversial issues relates to the "prospective granting of executive licenses," which officials traditionally have been reluctant to award because they fear that companies will hold onto licensing rights without producing any products, resulting in possible competitive advantages for the firm but subverting Harvard's long-standing commitment to serve the public interest through encouraging the commercial development of research innovations...
...external characters complement Dorsey, Michaels, and Kimberly enabling the other actors to perform superbly Teri Garr as Dorsey's spacey girl friend is consistently funny as she tries to hold onto Dorsey as a lover and an acting coach. Her wide eyed facial expressions belie her confusions with Dorsey's unusual actions as he tries to conceal his life in drag. Bill Murray as Dorsey's bemused play wright of a roommate gives a witty performance with his occasional wry comments. Murray remains detached throughout the movie as his character tries to humor Dorsey. Rumor has it that Murray improvised...
David Johansen: Live It Up. (Blue Sky/CBS). He was supposed to be too wild to be wrestled onto record. But they finally pinned him, Live. A dance-'till-dawn classic...