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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...AIDS virus -- theoretically at least -- can be transmitted via mosquito bites, French kissing, toilet seats -- and by sliding into second base (if, by chance, an infected player has bled onto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: An Outbreak of Sensationalism | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...avalanche of delegates picked on a single day last week, there emerged a curious sort of order. The so-called dwarfs who had swarmed onto debate stages over the past year started to grow, enlarged by the sheer act of winning. Men who seemed implausible as potential Presidents suddenly began to - come into sharper focus as plausible leaders of the nation. Not perfect, to be sure, not yet exciting in most cases, but no longer presumptuous in their ambition. Super Tuesday rearranged the presidential race with unexpected logic and sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dwarfs No More | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...occasional mocking touch comes through. At last year's Congressional Black Caucus, the master of ceremonies did an elaborate dance to slip a little platform in front of the microphone each time Governor Dukakis came up to it to answer a question. Jackson eyed the platform quizzically, stepped onto it for a moment, towering above the adjusted microphone, and softly said, "I've waited years for equal standing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making History with Silo Sam | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...said families are forced to stay in rental homes. Brown and Apgar said in the study that they estimate, "Young, single parent families with children pay over 50 percent of their income on rent." And those who cannot afford to rent homes remain in subsidized housing or are forced onto the streets, the report says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study: Housing Divides U.S. | 3/19/1988 | See Source »

Wisconsin 1, Lowell 0: In probably one of the toughest series in NCAA history, the Badgers let loose all their 8700 fans onto the ice, and amid the confusion, manage to sneak in a goal. Lowell goes on to play North House in a consolation game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Hockey Tournament Opens | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

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