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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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December 14: Americans begin to notice a strange yet undoubtable resemblance between the new President Quayle and President Reagan during his second term. Quayle's approval ratings skyrocket, and even the revelation that he bribed his way onto the Republican ticket doesn't damage his popularity...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Nightmare On My Street | 11/17/1988 | See Source »

...currently conducting a full-scale investigation of whether Morris violated federal laws about computer security by setting loose his virus onto the nation's largest computer network, the Internet, which is also used by the Pentagon...

Author: By Gregory R. Galperin, | Title: Computer `Virus' Infects Nation With Built-In Wile | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...chicken ceremony comes between the first and second periods. A daring undergraduate jumps onto the ice and ties a chicken to the Harvard goalpost. The fowl is usually removed before the Crimson takes...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Fish, Chickens and Other Livestock | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

Assistant Librarian for Special Collections David R. Warrington said approximately 500 books were affected by steam pouring out onto the top shelf of the third story of bookshelves in one of the Law School's rare book collections. He said that while almost 200 books may be permanently water stained, none were destroyed...

Author: By Tommy J. Wang, | Title: Treasured Books Damaged | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

...just doesn't happen this way. Smash Brit band, bedecked with hit singles and platinum albums from abroad, storms U.S. shores in 1983. Plays some concerts, manages to squeeze one hit onto the low midrange of the singles charts, then goes back home. Modest hit single, which had reached the No. 1 spot in twelve other countries, expires from widespread Stateside indifference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reggae's Bulgarian Acrobats UB40 eases onto the chart tops with an old hit | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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