Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visceral method proved no more effective than the cerebral one, so the farmer grabbed his feathered friend and tossed him in the chicken house. A short time later the farmer heard a loud commotion in the chicken house and upon investigation found that the parrot was pummeling the startled chickens on the head with a stick and shouting, "Say Uncle! Say Uncle...
...system will always be in a minority, invokes the reasoning of majority power to persuade those who might bring their own demise. Yet Kennedy really fears that the politics of confrontation is a violent threat to society which may bring down the wrath of law and order not only upon those who invoke violence but also upon those who mean to use traditional non-violent dissent legitimate in democratic societies...
...whose reading lists remain on file at the Faculty Club. The typical Pompadour list was split into five areas (with such titles as "Chaos and Collapse" and "A Wing and a Prayer"), each in turn split among books "Recommended," "Critical," "Assumed," "Incidental," and "Basic." Professor Pompadour introduced many variations upon this theme, but the most successful was his habit of withdrawing all books from Widener at the start of each term, and relocating them to his home in greater Belmont...
...validity of the Court's controversial decisions. "The Court can't enforce morals or mores," he said. "It will take soul-searching and crusading by good people like you." He praised youth's idealism, zeal, and dedication, and said, "With this new generation, we've really improved upon ourselves...
...Department of Health, Education and Welfare will allot Title II moneys only for educational facilities, perhaps Harvard should, upon receiving a grant, make available from its endowment an equal amount: for use in the establishment of better school facilities for Boston ghetto dwellers; applied toward good low-cost housing in Cambridge; or perhaps committed to community rent-control projects...