Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gaulle's present effort when he interpreted the General to mean: "When I will no longer be there, I will continue to serve you through the institutions I have given you, and I will protect you, as I have always wanted to, from the misfortunes you bring upon yourselves. For what is true of individuals is also true of nations: their character is their destiny...
...success of this untried team in its nine meet schedule may rest largely upon the efforts of Captain Dyke Benjamin. A veteran runner who trains conscientiously Benjamin proved he is prepared for the forthcoming Cornell meet by registering the best elapsed time in the open-field University Handicaps run along the Charles last Friday. He covered the four mile course in 18 minutes, 16 seconds...
...dummy, laying down his hand for all to see. London whist players who tried the new game soon noted that the exposed hand made possible much greater subtlety and ingenuity of play. In 1903 or thereabouts, bridge-playing British civil servants stationed at a remote outpost in India hit upon the idea of bidding for the privilege of naming the trump suit. Within a decade, auction bridge had captured the card tables of the U.S. and Europe...
Stein Way. In Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, crewmen from a German timber freighter said they had run out of water during their voyage, but had been able to finish the trip on beer...
Three sophomores yesterday began the circulation of a petition calling for "an official referendum to determine the consensus of student opinion upon the issue of continuing Harvard's membership in the United States National Students Association...