Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just snap this little diddy onto the neck of potential offenders before the class begins, and presto: the motivation for each thing that they say appears over them in a little puffy bubble that comes complete with a line of circles leading to their head. Here is a small excerpt of the results from a recent class...
Boston should "hang onto" its individuality and its accessibility to pedestrians, said Kent Bartwick, President of the New York Municipal Art Society. "If you believe yourselves to be a pedestrian city, fight fiercely for it. Hang on to a sense of yourself," he said...
...statistical battle, outgaining Brown 374 to 288 in total yardage, held onto the ball for seven minutes more than the Bruins, and doubled its host's first down total...
...ever. Gore was born in Washington and spent much of his childhood on Embassy Row in the Fairfax Hotel, where his parents had an apartment. He fondly remembers climbing onto the roof and hurling water balloons down on the cars on Massachusetts Avenue. He was an honor student and captain of the football team at the patrician St. Alban's School. He met Tipper (a childhood nickname; her real name is Mary Elizabeth) at his St. Alban's graduation party. John Davis, who taught Gore church history, remembers him as the straightest arrow in the quiver, someone whose only evident...
...Japanese with a huge pool of cash to spread around the world. That has given enormous muscle to Japan's financial institutions. Four of the world's top securities firms and seven of the ten largest commercial banks are now Japanese, and they are moving in a big way onto the American monetary scene. Last year Sumitomo Bank paid $500 million for 12.5% of the Goldman, Sachs investment firm. In March Nippon Life Insurance bought 13% of the Shearson Lehman Bros. brokerage house for $538 million. Just last week ailing BankAmerica confirmed it will sell $350 million worth of securities...