Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four supreme Yoruban tribal kings, the Alaf-in, Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, 34, is a thoroughly modern man who believes, as he puts it, that "it is still possible to live by old traditions in modern times." He spearheaded a drive that raised $30,000 for local development, whereupon an impressed regional government chipped in $60,000 for his projects. "I have told my people," he says, "that if they can save substantial sums of money in banks, they will attract loan capital to improve commercial and industrial life." An insurance broker before being installed as Alafin...
Scali argued that passage of the resolution could only exacerbate Middle East tensions, since Israel clearly has no intention of giving up the territories without negotiations with the Arab states. Despite Scali's efforts, the majority of the council last week endorsed the resolution-whereupon Scali vetoed it. It was only the fifth time in the U.N.'s 27-year history that the U.S. Government had resorted to this ultimate weapon in the Security Council...
...Minutes after my TIME came, I threw it in the refuse can, whereupon the rest of the garbage got out and walked away...
...Whereupon Deane drew herself up to her fulsome majesty and said, "Here at Harvard, it is the custom that the Director of Public Information not only put out the news, but should there be a luck, create it as well...
...then we will have no part of it." The Miami Beach, county and state police forces who cracked scarcely a skull all the long week in a masterly display of restraint and cool, finally drove the protesters from the convention-center area with barrage after barrage of CS gas, whereupon the protesters marched peaceably back toward the beachfront hotels that were serving as Republican headquarters. By the end of the evening, the 4,000 had shrunk to 400 weary protesters sitting outside the Doral Hotel singing "All we are saying is give peace a chance," and waiting for the inevitable...