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Word: upper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Originally offered ten years ago by the English Department, the course was later relocated in the General Education field as an upper level Humanities course. It was presented in an effort to attract the non-concentrator as well as the English major...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MacLeish Will Discontinue Humanities 130, 'Approach to Poetry', After Lecture Today | 12/18/1957 | See Source »

...active types of segregationists--the "violence if necessary" and the "business as usual". He found that the first group, composed of the lower class, would resort to violence because they had neither reputation nor property to lose. The second group would not resort to violence because coming from the upper class, they could lose both...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Little Rock Violence Called 'Rational Act' In Soc. Rel. Speech | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

...there are touches. Margaret Leighton's face, for instance, is an excellent playground of contrasts, especially when she is acting the real novelist, puzzled by passion. Moreover, and most fortunately, Ralph Richardson acts her husband. He is casually perfect, and finds a flourish even in the stiff upper lip of, "There's only one thing more to say. Apparently I haven't made it sufficiently clear. I happen to love you very much...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: A Novel Affair | 12/11/1957 | See Source »

Sukarno had motored out to Djakarta's upper-crust Tjikini elementary school, where three of his six children are students, to participate in the school's anniversary ceremonies. He made a brief speech, nibbled refreshments and tried his hand at the school shooting gallery. As he left the building and headed for his black Chrysler limousine, a pistol shot rang out. Then five hand grenades sizzled through the air and exploded almost at the President's feet. At the sound of the pistol shot an adjutant leaped to protect Sukarno's body with his own. Somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Time of the Assassins | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

...start its season with flying colors. The Crimson held a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period and had dominated play throughout. But the fact was that it had been B.U.'s mistakes rather than the varsity's skill that allowed the varsity to take the upper hand...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Loses, 6-3, To B.U. in First Game of Season | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

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