Word: upon
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...heart of Eden's anomie lie vast technological changes in Western culture that have steadily lengthened childhood and sharply diminished communication between generations. In primitive cultures, boys become men immediately upon surviving harsh rites of passage. In agrarian societies, a hard-working farmer's son rapidly becomes a certified adult. Until recently, puberty occurred at about 14 or 15, marriage two or three years later. The word "teenager" was inconceivable for such 17-year-old adults as Joan of Arc or Surveyor George Washington. In the 18th century, many upper-class Englishmen impressively taught their eldest sons...
Sampson said the University should be involved because "its life depends upon the constitutionally guaranteed rights of free expression of ideas." Sampson also said last night that the committee was "at a loss to know why the President of Harvard hasn't made a statement...
...Upon the British party. O, untimely death! Death...
ROME, Dec. 13--King Constantine of Greece flew to Rome with the royal family early today while the Athens military regime claimed that the young monarch's attempt to overthrow it was smashed. The 27-year-old King declined to say anything upon his arrival in Rome...
...Upon returning to Harvard at the beginning of the spring term last year, Sloan found that "people were shocked at what I had done and I couldn't understand their being upset." Because he "enjoyed a little cheap celebrity," Sloan amused himself by provoking his anti-war classmates...