Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...open-enrollment system that permits Negro parents to register their children in predominantly white schools. Though a 1965 state law to promote racial balance now makes some student bussing unavoidable in Boston, Mrs. Hicks promises to fight the measure, condemns its goal as deriving from "arbitrary decisions based upon unproved sociological theories." At the same time, she insists that she is an "ardent believer in civil rights for all," noting that her best friend in law school was colored...
...Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln speaking during the Mexican War. To Lincoln, that war was both "unnecessary and unconstitutional," and his vehement protests were repeated by scores of other prominent critics. Lincoln's argument echoed an attitude that is as old as American history. For Americans have always looked upon war as an evil to be avoided whenever possible. Thus in 1846 there were those who wholly disapproved of the hostilities against Mexico-just as today there are those who wholly disagree with the U.S. stand in Viet Nam. With the exception of World War II, every...
...vice which is purely private in its total aspect. He who over-indulges in any way with respect to drugs, with respect to food, to liquor, with respect to sensuality, alters the lives of others than himself and his private associates. He is unavailable for civic obligation which rests upon him. He bears a responsibility for the unavailability of social and medical services gravely needed by others...
Conservative idealism is the badge of youth. Society renews itself from the oncoming generation. Liberty and order rest more upon the harnessing of adventurous insights than on a mere repetition of ancient patterns. Charles E. Wyzanski...
Casner has been associate dean since 1961, when the post was created upon the suggestion of a committee studying legal education at the school. A full professor at Harvard since 1938, he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1929, at the age of 22. He is the author of a two volume work, Estate Planning, and co-author of Cases and Text on Property. He teacher a course on estate planning...