Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expelled from the party in 1972, whereupon he moved to France and made "Sweet Movie." He says he could have remained in Yugoslavia, but could not have worked effectively there. Now, five years later, he feels he could probably return and work in his home country...
Still, there are ritual subtleties. Business relationships, for example, can be complicated. At first phone contact, a person may be "Mr." or "Mzzz"-slurred slightly so as not to be entirely the feminist "Ms." Then both names-"Hello, Paul Anderson?"-may be used for a couple of calls. Whereupon, first names seem permissible. Some companies take ostentatious care to have everyone use first names-though secretaries often remain "Ellen" while the boss is "Mr. Jackson." The jaunty practice of using initials is often helpful: everyone becomes E.C., J.B., T.L., and so on. Clare, a young woman who wants to make...
...under each arm," said a party worker. "That's all they had ever known." While leftist parties did open some offices in villages, they made few converts. In one pueblo, a leftist coalition called a rally and found exactly two people in attendance. "Comrades," began one of the speakers, whereupon the two men stepped forward and identified themselves as Civil Guards. "You don't have to do it for us," said one of the cops...
...Congress first asked then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger if he could report on the condition of human rights in countries that receive U.S. aid. Kissinger ran a test inside the State Department, took one horrified look at the findings and then told Congress that the idea was impractical. Whereupon a law was passed making the report mandatory...
...first-rate view of the sun, when Yale had the good fortune to score their first touchdown. Naturally this entailed a try for the extra point, which try was in fact successful. Indeed, so successful that the ball found its way into the stands (sect. 39, to be exact), whereupon it was playfully tossed a few rows further up, landing, eventually, in the hands of one of our party (a member of the class...