Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...feel confident that upon a cease-fire you will prevail in the political struggle that will follow...
...were more than mildly surprised the other day to discover that The New Yorker magazine had taken it upon itself to add a table of contents. In a world where change confronts one at every turn, we had always taken a certain satisfaction in the constancy of Chat publication. Wondering if a palace coup had taken place on Manhattan's West 43rd Street while our attention was directed elsewhere, we at once put in a call to the magazine's editor, William Shawn...
...couldn't help inquiring whether resistance had been offered to the change. "Oh yes, there has been resistance. I felt a certain resistance myself. There are those of us who enjoyed the idea of just coming upon something as we went through the magazine, coming onto something fresh without knowing it was going to be there. I also have the feeling there are some things that can't be expressed in an index-you just have to read them...
Boring Boards. The problem is that the Journal staff is suddenly being called upon to work harder at the paper's original reason for being: covering financial news. This may include intriguing stories about corporate competition and executive politics. More often, however, it involves checking out public relations handouts, tabulating financial statements and reporting boring board meetings. Journal reporters handle such items not only for the paper but also for its Dow Jones financial-news wire, which is facing serious competition for the first time. A similar wire opened last year by Reuters claims some 600 clients...
Black history should not be looked upon as a tool for political purposes, Franklin said. "It must become more than a handmaiden of political and social reform. It must become the ground on which American scholarship can be tested," Franklin said...