Word: onto
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...overhaul did not end there however. The wave of departures from Princeton spread onto the court as well, leaving the frontcourt in shambles. In addition to the graduation of team leader Mason Rocca, center Chris Younga--who undoubtedly would have been the best returning player in the Ivy League this season--shocked the team by forgoing his college basketball eligibility. He signed a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a third-round draft pick. The 6'11 center dominated in the Ivy League last season, leading the league in blocks with 90. Young also led the team...
While families are finite, friends are a renewable resource, which is fortunate given the odds against sustaining a friendship. The career-building years can entail repeated moves that result in separations from friends. In midlife, the competing claims of work and child rearing can force friendship onto the back burner. Then there's divorce, which divides spouses not only from each other but often from the friends they once held in common. When we retire, the migration to the Sunbelt takes a toll both on those who leave and those who remain behind. Finally, as we age, our social networks...
...driving down Kennebunkport's Ocean Avenue after midnight on the way to his family's summer compound. He had been drinking beer that night with his sister Dorothy, Australian tennis star John Newcombe and Newcombe's wife. Officer Bridges, just getting off duty, saw Bush's car slipping briefly onto the shoulder before getting back on the road. Bridges stopped the car and asked Bush to take a sobriety test. Bush readily admitted he had been drinking, Bridges said, and made no attempt to evade the consequences. Bridges placed him under arrest. After failing a second alcohol-level test...
...Daley bounded out onto the stage, the crowd chanted, "Stay and fight" and "We count" and, finally, "Fuzzy math...
...Truer words were never spoken. Before the motorcade had even made it back to the Loews, the Gore team was moving fast. Seventy lawyers and operatives, led by former chief of staff Ron Klain, piled onto Lieberman's chartered plane to head down to Florida. They would be on the ground within two hours...