Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Veins bulging along his left temple, the President poured down his wrath upon the Democrat-dominated House Appropriations Committee, which had sliced $872 million out of the Administration's $3.9 billion foreign aid appropriation request. Soothingly the committee's ranking Republican, New York's John Taber, reported that committee Republicans had strongly supported Ike in the teeth of Democratic opposition. "But what happened is no good," snapped Eisenhower. "This thing is vital to our country's interest...
...Appeals decision. Supreme Court policy, seldom breached, is to refrain from reviewing lower-court decisions until the Court of Appeals has its say. But recognizing the "vital importance of the time element," the Supreme Court urged the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (St. Louis) to "act upon the applications for a stay or the appeal in ample time to permit arrangements to be made for the next school year...
...year in office, after inheriting Sir Anthony Eden's debacle at Suez, he was regarded by many as a stopgap Prime Minister, grabbed out of the Edwardian era. His debonair manner annoyed as many as it pleased. Three months ago, scarcely a Tory could be found who looked upon his party's future with anything but dread. Insiders respected Macmillan's parliamentary skill, but the image did not get over to the country. Now the British press is full of praise for able, self-contained Harold Macmillan. He was applauded for his personal triumph...
...With the help of the army, of volunteers from France and Algeria, with our young people-with other assistance perhaps-we are calling upon France to tell the world, in a low voice at first, but soon perhaps loudly: 'This is what France and Algeria are doing together...
Viruses are known to cause many animal tumors, have been shown to be bafflingly versatile-both infectious and noninfectious in turn, depending upon a variety of complex technical factors. Stanley noted many oddities about viruses: man has coursing through his body many kinds that were unknown a few years ago; they can mutate to new strains that cause different disease symptoms...