Word: upon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first is that 14 teenagers and one teacher are dead, and the second is that we live in a society where something like this can happen. Everyone knows that there is nothing we can do about the first tragedy. To assuage our feelings of helplessness, we set our sights upon dealing with the second...
...these convenient paradigms obscure the raw, revolting truth of the situation. We immediately focus upon the question of "what should we do?" instead of taking time to answer the equally important question of "what should we think...
Grab that Fly-by and have a peaceful lunch before the hordes of high schoolers descend upon Cambridge for a midday organ recital by Daniel Forger and Iris Lan. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St. 495-9400. 12:15 p.m. FREE...
...CAME TO HARVARD BECAUSE MY TOUR-guide had great sunglasses. I suppose l should be embarrassed by such an admission; l would hope to be more analytical, less superficial. Such a profound--some say life-changing--choice could not have been founded upon something as tenuous as appropriate eye wear. Nevertheless, sunglasses lay at the heart of the matter...
...frosh weekend began and ended dismally. Upon arrival l quickly shooed my dad away, determined to have a stab at college self-sufficiency. After calmly navigating the mess of paperwork, "warm fuzzies" and eager parents at the admissions office, l gratefully received my room assignment. At the time, the word "Currier" was just a name on paper--it did not signify "the Quad." My host had left me a message: l could drop off my things in her room but she wouldn't be there. Several inquiries and two wrong-turns later l found myself at the entrance to Currier...