Word: upon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a rather shaky first act, Miss Johnson settled down to a thoroughly competent rendition of the difficult part. She seems to have some difficulty coping with her quieter lines, but when she is called upon to convey a strong or powerful emotion she is equal to the task...
...speaker, Stanko Grozdanich, legal counsel of the Yugoslavian trade unions; stressed Yugoslavia's wish to preserve its independence and to maintain relations with all countries. "As civilization grows, countries actually become increasingly dependent upon one another," he noted...
...Tired. In his exile at Mussoorie in northeast India, Tibet's rightful ruler, the Dalai Lama, declared that "wherever I am accompanied by my ministers, the people of Tibet look upon us as their government." His mild statement of sovereignty was attacked not by the Red Chinese but by his Indian hosts. Nehru's government sharply pointed out that there was no question of a Tibetan government-in-exile "under the Dalai Lama functioning in India," and seemed to concede that Tibet is an internal affair of Red China. Sounding both old and tired of it all, Prime...
...country and his people. Any patriot in his position would have done the same thing. Will you please imagine what would have happened if Nehru at the age of 25 had found himself in the place of the Dalai Lama? Imagine the storm and thunder that would have burst upon the world from the hills of Mussoorie!" Remembering the fiery young Nehru, the crowd applauded...
...bestows upon us his Holy Spirit creating and renewing the church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people of all ages, tongues and races...