Word: upon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Upon graduating from Miami's Northwestern High School, the 6'7 James was one of the most sought after athletes in the nation. He was a First Team All-State selection in Florida, as well as a "Parade Magazine" Third Team All-American, finishing as the school's all-time leader in points (2,358), rebounds (1170) and blocked shots...
...Upon graduating from Miami's North-western High School, the 6'7 James was one of the most sought after athletes in the nation. He was a First Team All-State selection in Florida, as well as a "Parade Magazine" Third Team All-American, finishing as the school's all-time leader in points (2,358), rebounds (1170) and blocked shots...
...classmate at Jasper High School.) King's life took a bad turn after his junior year of high school, when he was arrested for burglary--along with Shawn Berry, one of the two men with him in the pickup last June. The two were sent to boot camp together. Upon release, however, King violated probation and was given an eight-year prison term in July...
Gardner explicitly displayed her 3000 objects, most of which are un-labeled, in an a-historical, a-national, a thematic and entirely aesthetic arrangement in the hope that they would ignite creativity and imagination. Her success becomes evident immediately upon walking into the museum when you are greeted by an almost cataclysmic whirlwind of colors, styles and textures that is paradoxically accompanied by a sense of serenity; it is as if you yourself are a another piece-albeit not as good looking-absorbed into this vast and dynamic collection...
Riley also addressed the issue of frames, and did so by returning to his aesthetic/utilitarian dualism. He provided contrasting examples of frames used to project paintings and those used to adorn and enhance them. He emphasized that upon close scrutiny it is evident that some frames are decorated by architectural motifs like columns pediments, and arches thereby aesthetically representing their utilitarian role; some like Vasari's "The Musicians," act as a window through which the protagonists lean...