Word: upon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to tell how bad he was hurt. He was sort of sitting up against the wall in a pool of coagulated blood," said Robert E. de Neufville '92, who came upon the scene shortly after the other students...
...Only student protest can ultimately check Harvard's administration, and only national politics can ultimately solve the housing crisis. November's election will not provide a sufficient solution to Cambridge's problems, but it is a necessary part of the solution. The future of our city does indeed hinge upon the outcome of this local election. Don't regret later that you could have made a difference: register to vote today...
...second elephant. In ritual greeting the two behemoths entwine their trunks, flap their enormous ears and clack tusk against tusk, sending the cold crack of ivory across the Ngulia Hills. That same sound is heard 10,000 miles away in Hong Kong and Tokyo, where ivory traders stack tusk upon tusk -- more than 800 tons, scrubbed clean of blood and connective tissue and laundered free of illegality...
...more than 5,000 years, ivory's creamy luminescence, durability and grace under the carver's blade have fascinated humanity. Ivory anklets and combs have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, and King Solomon is said to have sat upon an ivory throne. In its myriad forms, ivory has been a medium expressing both virtue and vice, creativity and crass extravagance. It has been used in rosary beads, pistol grips, lutes, dice, scepters, toothpicks, prayer wheels, fly whisks, mah-jongg tiles and chopsticks. In the past century, traders greedy for ivory attacked and burned African villages. Natives were sold into...
Just yesterday evening, upon the completion of my Spanakopita, I arose from my chair and went to make myself a hot fudge sundae. I returned to the table holding a dish heaped with two large scoops of vanilla ice cream and literally dripping with hot fudge. As I zealously prepared to devour this modern-day ambrosia, I was struck with a horrible thought: I had forgotten to bring with me my Lactaid tablets! (Some of The Crimson's lactose-intolerant readers may not be aware that the Lactaid company also produces chewable tablets which enable some intolerants to digest milk...