Word: upon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...innocently sitting at my desk, reading my roommate's diary, when a horrible chill swept up my spine. I spun around to discover that the precious piece of cloth which has rested upon my pillow for 19 years was missing. No Blankie...
...course, the flip side to all this is that if and when you do make it through the comp, the powers that be bestow upon you a title worthy of your achievement, a title that testifies to your position as the near equal of the entrenched establishment. The results are frequently rather interesting. For instance, "Official Poster Designer, Hasty Pudding Theatricals 161" has a rather Olympic ring to it, I think, while "Sackbut" tends a bit more to the je ne sais quoi...
...that has nothing at all to do with the Germans having become unreliable or anything like that," Kohl said, referring to suggestions that West Germany is no longer following agreed-upon NATO doctrine...
...lifers can be expected to pass a flurry of measures making abortion more difficult. One likely tactic would be to drive up the cost, now about $235. At this session the court has been asked to consider an Illinois law that would place expensive building and staffing requirements upon abortion facilities. In an earlier case the court disallowed a law that would require first-trimester abortions to be performed in hospitals; just 13% of all current abortions take place there, mostly on an outpatient basis...
...decision of an outside arbiter governs each inning, each at-bat, and indeed, each pitch. Baseball relies upon official rulings to regulate the game and the on-field behavior of its players...