Word: upon
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...months without pay in a program providing civic-minded students a chance to serve in government at its highest level. Working as a White House intern is not only an excellent way to become politically involved, but also an invaluable experience that future employers and admissions committees look favorably upon...
...Wiesel embarked upon a spirited discourse upon the strange prophet Hosea, whom God commanded to marry a prostitute. Why would God require such an unseemly thing...
...presidential debates was a familiar affair - despite that fact that Al Gore and George W. Bush got to talk directly with (OK, at) the Real Americans they've been talking so much about lately. After one debate with podiums, one with chairs, and one with a big red stage upon which to strut and fret, it seems clear now that the changeability of these two candidates has been greatly exaggerated...
These immigrants are trapped because some countries, unlike the United States, do not automatically grant citizenship and the right of return upon birth. Kestutis Zadvydas was born in a displaced persons camp in U.S.-occupied Germany shortly after World War II, to parents from a region contested by Lithuania and Russia. Having finished a prison term for a narcotics offense and now scheduled for deportation, he has nowhere to go: Germany, which recognizes citizenship by blood rather than territory, refuses to acknowledge him as a citizen, and Lithuania has demanded documentation of his parents' residence that can no longer...
...Even given that apparent advantage, Gore faces an unenviable challenge; he's got to identify and act upon a heretofore undiscovered middle ground between the somewhat repellent know-it-all Al Gore and Al Gore, hesitant beta male...