Word: upon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mindset was more open this time for rough water," stroke John Amory said. "We were intent upon not losing again in bad conditions...
...Friday, however, Reagan expressed irritation about Regan's memoir, the latest in a series of "kiss-and-tell" books about Reagan's presidency. "He's chosen to attack my wife and I don't look kindly upon that at all," Reagan said...
...Upon presenting our Harvard IDs, which now display our birthdates, many seniors were informed by The Links Club management that this card did not constitute proper identification. When our class marshals were appealed to for intervention on our behalf, we were told by Radcliffe Marshal Frances Alice Peale, "You should have known that a Harvard ID card cannot be used outside the University. You always have to show a driver's license at a bar." Frances, as our elected representative, did not at first try to negotiate with The Links Club administration. Instead, she chastised us for our "misguided" assumption...
...respect to the predominance of Black members in our organization and others, we feel that low white membership is due not to discrimination on our part, but rather it is the product of a society in which minority organizations are not seen with the same prestige that is bestowed upon mainstream ones. Thus, many whites are aware of our organizations but feel no real desire to be a part of them. (It should be noted that our informationals are advertised and opened to all males in the collegiate community.) Further, it must also be recognized that "Black" Greek letter organizations...
...receive the respect that his rank deserves, and the lost struggle of another Black officer, Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, who failed to maintain his dignity as a man or as a soldier. The plot consists of Davenport's investigation of Waters' murder and the added tensions it imposes upon the all Black company of army soldiers and their white commanding officers...