Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have to say that I have been nearer to despair this year, 1968, than ever in my life," observed Snow, who is 63. "We may be moving-perhaps in ten years-into large-scale famine. Many millions of people are going to starve. We shall see them doing so upon our television sets...
...HAVEN, CONN.--A traditional tone of modesty clouds pregame prognostications from most varsity football coaches. Heaping praise upon their opponents, while deprecating their own talent, they transform glaring mismatches into Super Bowl contests...
...seconds to count, two and a half to decide, one and a half to act, and two to be acted upon are a total of 12 of your deep magenta 17 seconds...
...transcended life while still alive, not by mystic experiences, but by facing death and overcoming it. Lifton speaks of a characteristic quality of tone and content that, more than any other, shaped the psychic contours of the Cultural Revolution. I refer to the kind of existential absolute, an insistence upon all or none confrontation with death...
...used to fulfill a ROTC requirement was raised in the period of questioning in the 1950's, although a problem arose regarding whether suitable courses would be given each year, or at least every other year. The discussion about having Harvard instructors give military science courses is founded upon the belief, in which the HRPC concurs, that military history and certain other military matters are valid academic endeavors within the liberal arts and general education spirits. But problems arise when courses on military subjects are taught within the Harvard credit structure by military personnel selected by the Military Services...