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Word: onto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...government wants to buy the gold itself and hold onto it. The country "can sell later, when the prices are higher," Yoon Jong-hwa, an economic secretary, said Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea's Reverse Alchemy | 1/14/1998 | See Source »

...towards any slightest suggestion that he may be a "sickie," Ted Kaczynski was surprisingly cooperative when federal psychiatrist Sally Johnson spent hours probing his psyche at the county jail Monday. Indeed, if the Unabomber suspect can just bear out four more days of such examination, he may yet hold onto his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plea Bargain for Kaczynski? | 1/13/1998 | See Source »

...fire was out before firefighters arrived, but a large portion of the fence was damaged. Fire crews sprayed the area surrounding the fence with water to make sure embers from the extinguished blaze did not catch onto the house that was less than 15 feet away...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Blazes Keep Firefighters Busy | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...months after the meltdown, Michael retreated to his seaside home in Cohasset, south of Boston, and immersed himself in his work. But shame is fleeting; heir to a tradition of repentance and reinvention, Michael consulted a publicist to help get the spotlight off him and onto the work he was doing for Citizen Energy. In October he appeared at an AIDS conference at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. And there were reports that he was trying to restore some stability to his private life as well. Though separated, he and Victoria missed at least one divorce hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedy Family: Tragedy Strikes Again | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

Home Shopping for War A government-backed program may be inadvertently releasing thousands of infantry rifles onto the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

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