Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disaster -- say, the loss of an engine -- the crew will trigger explosives to jettison the escape-hatch cover, then exit one by one. If the rocket system is in place, each astronaut will be yanked from the ship with 2,000 lbs. of thrust. Otherwise, they will hook onto the telescoping pole, which will extend through the door, and let gravity and airflow pull them down and out of harm's way. Both the astronauts and NASA favor the pole: it avoids the danger of rocket fuel in the cabin and takes up less space. Of course, entering a high...
...December of 1986, she walked onto the Harvard track team and was an instant success. She already holds school records in three sprints: the 55, 200, and 400-meter dashes...
Saint Misbehavin' is jam-packed with good lyrics-maybe too jam-packed with good lyrics. It's difficult to say, because in many instances so many words are squeezed onto each measure of music that whatever is being said on stage disintegrates by the time it reaches the audience. This mattered less on opening night, when there was a fair bit of screaming by roommates in the audience, than it might on night two, three or 26. In the Pudding's tradition, however, one pun begets another...
When biotechnology first burst onto the national scene in the late 1970s, Harvard underwent a series of wrenching crises to thrash out its policy toward industry. President Bok's plan to accept stock in a professor's biotech company was rejected by the Faculty, while University Professor Walter Gilbert had to resign his post in order to pursue his private business, Biogen. Out of this period came the detailed faculty research policy that still rules today...
Most viewers tuning in to the Winter Olympics will be limited to a vocabulary of three small o words: "ooh" for any soaring feat after which the athlete remains in an upright position, "oops" for ungainly plops onto ice or snow and "ouch" for the spectacular disasters. Couch-cozy spectators are likely to remain otherwise speechless at the subtleties of winter sports. They will not be helped by the glossolalia that accompanies the coverage of the Games, including such fascinating but baffling terms as Axels and Lutzes, telemark and super-Gs. Enlightened appreciation will also be hindered by Zen-like...