Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Instead, Leary reported, Truman's secretary has suggested that the former president will probably speak to the Young Democrats either in February or March. Upon receiving this news the HYDC contacted the U.N. Council...
...introduction of Christianity in Japan is misinterpreted as a Western intervention to "Westernize the East," Kishimoto asserted, "it is modernizing the East and greatly influencing Japanese social life." Christian monogamy, equality, and humility are taught and accepted in his country, the professor concluded, but there is no Christian influence upon Japanese concepts of deity...
Harris, lauding the financial aspects of the proposed college, said that the plans for lowering costs provided a plausible answer to the problem of rising tuitions. "The planning committee has hit upon an awfully good way to provide an inexpensive education," he stated...
...obtaining a ruling stating that the Senate is not a "continuing body" and is therefore free to adopt whatever rules it wants at the beginning of each Congress. Nixon has already given such an opinion once (in another, similar fight in the 85th Congress) and can be relied upon to stick to his guns. After he rules, the Senate will operate temporarily under standard parliamentary rules which permit closure by a simple majority. Thus the liberals can terminate a filibuster against their anti-filibuster drive without much trouble...
...gives me great pleasure to tell you that your application to Quincy House has been enthusiatically accepted. The success of this enterprise next year--and no doubt the next ten years--will depend upon the creative impact of this group of gifted upperclassmen who have ventured in the dark to throw light on a possibility. I welcome you as a member of a distinguished company .... Sincerely yours, John M. Bullitt Master Quincy House...