Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loss dropped Harvard (7-10 overall, 3-3 Ivy) into fifth place in the Ivy League and left the Quakers (8-8, 4-0) holding onto the top spot...
...mineral for its fireproofing and insulating properties, asbestos was severely restricted by the EPA in 1973 after high doses of its fibers were found to scar the lungs, causing cancer and other diseases. But by that time, 30 million tons had been wrapped around heating pipes and furnaces, sprayed onto girders and mixed into tiles at a cost of 25 cents per sq. ft. Now property owners are often spending 100 times that amount to remove it, cover it with a sealant, or enclose it with materials like Sheetrock...
...this way the cynicism projects itself onto the object of the cynicism. The term arises because we do not believe that people hold to liberal views for moral reasons. They hold to them because it is "cool." It is part of the process of stripping the morality from beliefs which once were thought to spring wholly from a moral foundation...
...former Nixon aide, who pleaded guilty to perjury, heads the city's Commission on Ethics and Values, which last week launched a campaign aimed at inspiring honesty in local citizens. The group was created last year, after the door of an armored car popped open, spilling about $1 million onto a highway; most of the cash was never returned. Funded by private donations, the "Take an Honest Look" campaign will feature forums, TV spots and award plaques to "role models" like the two hotel maids who found a shoe box containing $65,000 in a room and turned...
...hyperbole. The object of his barb: a Fed ruling last week that will permit five leading bank holding companies -- Bankers Trust New York, Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, J.P. Morgan and Security Pacific -- to buy and sell corporate bonds. The decision will enable the financial institutions to move, within strict limits, onto the turf of Wall Street firms, which have been encroaching on the banking business. Said Richard Huber, an executive vice president at Chase Manhattan: "We're very pleased. We applaud...