Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...final analysis, such mediating efforts did not prove sufficient to avert the crisis of last April. That this was so should be no reflection on the ability or good faith of Dean Glimp, but rather a comment on the enormity of the demands placed upon universities such as Harvard in this era, and on the limits of universities, as complex organizations, to respond to demands as quickly as some might wish...
...king and ruffing a third in his hand. Declarer then went to the board with a trump trick and led back the last diamond which East covered with the jack. Here declarer made the key play and refused the trick, discarding the club from his hand upon which West discarded a spade...
...declarer knew that any chance for the contract depended upon East holding the king of spades, and only then, if he did lead back to his partner's signal, which seemed to be the surest chance to defeat the contract...
Therefore, when East led back a small spade, declarer played low in his hand, and took the trick with the queen on the board. The spade return drew East's king and last spade upon which declarer cashed his ace. South then played out his last two trump, and when West discarded the jack of spades, happily laid down the good spade for the contract and the small slam...
...confident that it will do much to contribute toward the advancement of the high objectives which it so eloquently urges upon American public opinion."--Sumner Welles, former Under Secretary of State...