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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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EVEN though the initial funds for the center would be raised through alumni donations, in the end expenses for the upkeep and maintenance would get passed onto students in the form of higher tuitions...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Student Center at Home | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...white, it was news to him. Stapleton asked the state's department of personnel administration to check out the twins' status. The emerging issue was pointedly expressed by black city councilman Bruce Bolling: "How could twins with Irish names, Caucasian features and no black identification from any perspective get onto the force and stay on without collusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Color Them Black | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...Lugar (Ind.), John C. Danforth (Mo.) and John Heinz (Pa.). The Bush campaign's success in restoring confidence in GOP leadership after Reagan popularity began to diminish has helped some Republican incumbents who would have faced much more serious challenges. Sen. Dave F. Durenberger (R-Minn.) continues to hold onto a fairly strong lead against Hubert H. Humphrey III, the son of the former vice president...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

...House Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) will likely hold onto a slim lead in Mississippi, and Democrat Herbert Kohl, who has financed his campaign primarily out of his own pockets, will probably get the nod to replace Sen. William Proxmire in Wisconsin. The other two races--between Rep. Connie Mack III (R) and Rep. Buddy MacKay (D) in Florida and between Rep. Mike Lowry (D) and former Sen. Slade Gorton (R) in Washington--are too close to call...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

...Republicans to regain control of the Senate, they must take five of the six open seats, hold onto all their incumbents (including Weicker, Karnes and Hecht) and pick off Lautenberg and Metzenbaum. This will give the GOP a 50-50 tie in the upper house, which could be broken by the vote of Vice President Dan Quayle, assuming that a Republican is elected to fill Quayle's seat in Indiana...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

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