Word: upon
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...knowing the significance of Y6B and doing something about it are two very different things. The widespread effects of the population increase have not yet begun to impress upon industrial nations; in fact, many of those nations feel they have "done their part" by reducing birth rates within their borders. What is often overlooked, however, is the environmental toll that modernized nations exact. Societal trends towards superconsumption ensure that one American middle-class child will use more natural resources in his or her lifetime than a family of eight living in Somalia...
...desperate sadness in my throat. I had to do something, I had to get closer. So I decided to relocate illegally towards the front row. As confetti rained down during the closing numbers, I pushed and shoved, paving my path towards five kindred spirits. Then disaster struck. Darkness fell upon me as I realized that the boys were bowing their final farewells as I had just reached the front. The lights went out and my heart sank. I lost them. I totally lost them. (The boat sinks, Celine Dion thumps her chest in the background...
...results must be taken seriously, and I believe are being acted upon in a responsible way by UHS," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail message. "One of the most important things, I think, is for good paths of communication to continue to be developed directly between students...
...game broke upon for the Big Red on a play late in the first quarter. The Tigers, facing fourth and less-than-a-yard at the Cornell 30, handed the ball to tailback Kyle Brandt...
...special license to hurl hateful epithets that stigmatize good people for life [DIVIDING LINE, Aug. 30]. Indeed, this piece has set us all on a perilous course. Who will have the courage to enter this vital debate? Is a new version of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror upon us--with reputations, rather than heads, falling? D.L. COBURN Dallas...