Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With his hapless team 27 games out of first place and losing as usual, Bresnahan had fired an errant pick-off throw over the third baseman's head. As the runner came home, Dave triumphantly tagged him out: he had held onto the ball while tossing an Idaho potato carved to look like a baseball. Unamused, the umpire ruled that the run had scored. Dave's angry manager got him kicked off the team. Last week Bresnahan, now a real estate salesman, was vindicated. "Gehrig had to hit .340 and play in more than 2,000 consecutive games...
...experience I look back on, despite the student naivete that we were the center of the universe, and think we really were onto something," says Hochschild...
...things a manager has to do," Martin said after making four uneventful trips onto the field yesterday as his New York Yankees held off the Boston...
...becomes two or more lines, as the consumer moves from the selection counter to the cashier to the pickup point. Because of food shortages, accumulating frozen and canned goods is virtually impossible, so shopping becomes a daily necessity. Women must then make their way home, toting unwieldy shopping bundles onto crowded buses and along often unpaved footpaths, to prepare meals for the family. Housecleaning, like cooking, is done largely without the help of modern appliances. Dishes are washed by hand. Clothing is generally laundered in tubs, then hung out to dry. Disposable diapers are unknown. Floors are scrubbed with brooms...
...unprecedented charges against a Speaker underscore Republicans' resentment of his conduct since he replaced Tip O'Neill 18 months ago. Wright has none of the camaraderie that O'Neill used to keep harmony in the House. The Republicans accuse Wright of ramming bills onto the House floor, bypassing committees and avoiding amendments...