Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This treaty . . . was founded to protect the right of our peoples to live in peace and freedom under governments of their own choice. It has succeeded in protecting this right. Building on our experience and confident in the success already obtained, we have agreed together upon means to give added strength to our alliance...
...conference of heads of government in July 1955, the Soviet leaders took a solemn commitment that 'the reunification of Germany by means of free elections shall be carried out in conformity with the national interests of the German people and the interests of European security.' We call upon the Soviet Government to honor this pledge...
...which was too small for his head; the knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ... But all these slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk." It was from that shining moment in English letters, when James Boswell first came upon Dr. Sam Johnson, that Author James (Career) Lee's mannered and meticulous TV adaptation of The Life of Samuel Johnson really caught fire. Though there was little dramatic continuity to Boswell's massive chronicle, the scenes that Omnibus selected-a rowdy night at Drury Lane, a fashionable gathering...
...eminence in science, only three were found to be Catholics." A 1952 study of American Men of Science showed that of 50 institutions turning out the most scientists, not one was Catholic. "I certainly take no delight in disturbing your minds with such humiliating evidence. We could, however, reflect upon many other facts to show that the 35 million Catholics of this country and our Catholic educational system are not producing anywhere near their proportion of leaders. Of the 96 U.S. Senators, there are, for example, only ten Catholics; of the 50 so-called business leaders announced by Forbes magazine...
...state of mystical union with the Divine. They became the famed sect of Mevlevi dervishes, who carried on their mystical method for seven centuries in monasteries throughout the Middle East. Known as the whirling dervishes, they are popularly confused with the Rifais or "howling" dervishes, who inflicted wounds upon themselves and were sometimes ritually trampled under horses' hoofs. In contarst, the Mevlevi dervishes were no holy-rolling orgiasts. With serenity and calm, dressed in tall, conical hats and flowing black robes, they spun round and round, some fast, some slow, rapt in concentration, some of them murmuring "Allah, Allah...