Word: onto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is a second view of Harvard that only infrequently finds its way onto the editorial page but is commonly voiced in the dining halls and by senior gift representatives. We are Harvard, says this view; Harvard is its students. Those who take this view do not usually dispute the litany of institutional complaints voiced by the first group, but seek to de-emphasize them. Sure, it's annoying that the institution with the $11 billion endowment is too cheap to pay for a student center, or even a decent Springfest band. But Harvard rightly remains...
...some extent, though, student activists bring the comparison onto themselves. The imagery of the '60s is a powerful weapon and, at least at Harvard, student activists have been willing to exploit...
...best compromise, he says, is to keep the '60s as an inspiration but not an exact model to follow in modern times-- "something to hold onto without having it dominate the conditions under which you operate...
...bearded, sturdily built man strides onto the stage and opens his mouth. Out floats an exquisitely beautiful alto voice--and the crowd starts cheering. Is it a dream? A freak show? No, it's what happens whenever countertenor David Daniels makes another debut, as he did in April at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and will be doing in August at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival. Seven short years ago, he was a frustrated tenor whose high notes refused to kick in; now he is racking up reviews that might make even Pavarotti envious...
DIED. OWEN HART, 34, professional wrestler known as the Blue Blazer; after falling some 70 ft. while being lowered onto the mat before an audience of more than 16,000; in Kansas City, Mo. The acrobatic stuntman, scion of a prominent Canadian wrestling family, was often billed as a straight man for such higher-profile World Wrestling Federation heavyweights as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Authorities have begun an investigation into Hart's death...