Word: upon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard's newfound success was the play of Petruccelli. Coach Steve Locker installed an Italian-style offense for the team, which relies upon precision passing to generate pressure. His skill in the middle of the field gave direction to the attack...
...expand its already-famous post-graduate research centers. As part of the restructuring, President Linda S. Wilson, who headed the college during the negotiations that shaped its future, will resign her post as Radcliffe's seventh and final president. On Tuesday night, the Radcliffe Board of Trustees conferred upon her the title of president emerita and named the directorship of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute in her honor...
...will be the moment when something that is distinctly not Harvard--even though you might have found that something here--becomes more important to you than Harvard. And when you succeed in taking what Harvard has given you, whether it was something you searched for or something you stumbled upon--you will manage to make it larger than Harvard, to make it into life. And maybe then you will be able to pass through Harvard Yard without too much nostalgia...
...goal upon entry is to make it to the other side of the castle, like a video game. Early on we are aware of the main hall. It represents the tried and true, quick method of making it. But what happens in most cases is that people check out side rooms where they have some experiences, meet others and maybe even "learn" something. There are oracles and guides placed throughout to help us to the other side...
...Animals go where the climate takes them,? says TIME senior science writer Jeffrey Kluger. ?What the butterflies are telling us is that we have been in denial for some time: Global warming is not just coming, it is upon us.? Scientists have calculated that Europe is now slightly warmer than it was 100 years ago and they predict that it will continue to get warmer, and at a faster rate, during the next century because of the greenhouse effect of pollution. ?Evidently some species are already taking steps to adapt to what we have wrought,? says Kluger. Which raises...