Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Minnesota cheerleaders had a grand time. Initially, the NCAA ruled the Gopher cheerleaders could not take their act onto the ice between periods. The cheerleaders sobbed. The NCAA relented. The cheerleaders cheered...
...Germany's orthodox course ultimately leads to a dead end. A Prussian work ethic and meticulous implementation of carefully honed five-year plans are no longer quite enough. Even that well-oiled machine is wearing down under the same contradictions of Communism that have driven other East bloc economies onto the rocks. Pointing to the increasing scarcity of consumer goods, ten- year waiting lists for East German-made Trabant automobiles and deepening competition in foreign markets from third world producers, a Western diplomat in Berlin says, "They are treading water. Everything is getting pretty waterlogged...
...reason: four days earlier, the U.S. embassy in Helsinki had received an anonymous phone call from a person with a Middle Eastern accent. The tipster stated that a man named Abdullah planned to pass a device to a female Finnish passenger, who would unwittingly transport it to Frankfurt, then onto a U.S.-bound craft. U.S. and Finnish authorities dismissed the message because the caller was a known hoaxer...
...four consecutive winters, Konovalchik has jumped off the football fields and onto the wrestling mats, has shifted from tackling opponents to taking them down and has emerged from being a stronghold on the football team to a power on the wrestling team...
...this reason, you must be particularly sweet when you reveal that striking workers did not load their baggage onto the plane. Tell them that they will get it back "soon," trying hard not to break out laughing...