Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amazed to discover, upon reading your spread on Flower Drum Song, that in those many thousands of words devoted to the evolution of this Broadway success no mention was made of Mr. C. Y. Lee, the author of the book upon which the show was based...
...Point Lead? Many U.S. technicians believe that the Russians have probably long since frozen their basic rocket design upon one model, and it now functions with workhorse reliability. U.S. missilemen take some comfort in the fact that the U.S.'s newer, more sophisticated rockets have intricate and ingenious instrumentation, guidance systems, planet scanners, communication. Another key U.S. claim: the U.S. has succeeded in miniaturizing its instrument payloads-not to mention its military missile warheads...
...arrived, however, and with it, abolition. The secret corridors of the Quincy Street Building became antiques. In 1861 Professor Beck passed away. The century wore on a bit, and in 1888 the house entered upon the next episode of its eventful existance. It was purchased by Henry Clarke Warren...
Despite his extreme suffering, Warren exercised sufficient tenacity to become an Oriental scholar of the first im- portance. For as long as possible he worked standing, with the aid of crutches. Soon, however, even this method became impossible. He then devised a system in which he worked kneeling upon a chair, supporting his weight by leaning upon his elbows. The incessant pain was so great that, in order to sleep, he had a special bed constructed. It is actually a small room built into the wall. The compartment is equipped with heating, ventilation and a roll-top cover which slides...
...extensively and accomplish much. He was the first to know and translate many of the Buddhist and Peli texts. He read for his pleasure in French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian. Harvard's great Sanskrit scholar, C. R. Lanman, and President Eliot have both testified to Warren's impact upon the academic world...