Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jewish people have been crucified by the nations of the world from the time of Jesus, but this is the first time they are being crucified upon crosses...
Congress should try to deal with the budget as it stands, and take upon itself the responsibility of making reductions in keeping with total national interest. Extension aid to allies and potential allies does not serve that interest and should not fall under...
Coach Bob Pickett has entered his entire eight-man team in the tournament in an effort to improve upon last year's eighth place showing...
This sweeping change in the academic curriculum, affecting all students, aims for "less dependence upon teaching" and more "independence in learning," President John S. Dickey said yesterday. The new system will shift the emphasis from conventional textbook and classroom to source work and library study...
Shortly afterward, an editorial in the Brooklyn Tablet, newspaper of the Archdiocese, charged that one story in the altered issue was anti-Catholic. Entitled "Last Rites," the story told of a young priest called upon to administer last rites to a beautiful young girl. The priest had a minor moment of weakness, and later felt great remorse and contrition. Dean Coulton came to the defense of the story, although he admitted that many of his Catholic colleagues and friends had been offended. He felt, however, that the whole happening was an "unfortunate incident...