Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Forty-seven per cent think that democracy "depends fundamentally upon the existence of free business enterprise...
Second, school districts can and should embark upon adequate counselling programs, using as models some high schools in Westchester Country, N.Y., or Long Beach, Cal.--where comprehensive counselling programs have for years encouraged special interests and solved the particular problems of students with high intelligence and unique talents...
This in turn inspired the more ingenious students to attempt to decipher the system, so only that part of the lesson they would be called upon to discuss had to be studied. Rivalry between students and tutors was keen, with victory in the long run falling equally to both sides...
...traditional attitude towards education was stated by Tutor Remington in his farewell address to the Class of 1707. "You know how you have spent your time; if idly, redeem the little that remains, for the eyes of your Parents are upon you; learning will be of use to you in every condition. See you carry it decently and as becometh you, without haughtiness. . . I shall rejoice at your Prosperity and Welfare...
Occasionally the third and fourth years of a language are given, upon special agreement between a teacher and a few interested students. Although Russian and Portuguese are listed in the city-wide course catalogue, neither is actually offered...