Word: upon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could not have picked a dean who was more likely to exacerbate divisions in the faculty."--Professor of Law David M. kennedy, upon hearing Thursday that President Bok had named Professor of Law Robert C. Clark Law School dean...
...Dukakis FY '90 budget is contingent upon legislative approval of a two-year $735 million tax increase requested by the administration. Many legislators have called for further spending cuts rather than a tax hike...
Because of Proposition 2 1/2, a referendum passed in 1980, the property taxes cities and towns can levy have been restricted. As a result, local funds for education have been smaller, and reliance upon aid from Beacon Hill has increased drastically...
...white suits came about by accident. I had a white suit made that was too hot for summer, so I wore it in December. I found that it really irritated people -- I had hit upon this harmless form of aggression...
...York City's Museum of Modern Art, which showed no great enthusiasm for Andy Warhol while he was alive, went after him con brio as soon as he was dead. The bakemeats were barely cold upon the funeral table when the word went out that MOMA was going to give Warhol the palladium of a full-scale retrospective -- his first in New York since the more premature effort that went on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971. Whether MOMA wanted to get the crowds before a rival museum did, or simply to get the job over...