Word: thereupon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Since students differed in ability, Chicago decided that they should be free to attend class or not and to go as fast as they wanted. All they had to do was to pass a set of broad examinations given, not by the teachers, but by a board of examiners. Thereupon, on the basis of achievement rather than "time-serving," Chicago decided they should get their B.A.s...
Blackjack Patrol. Fields squirmed at the thought that there might be comedians as he. He even accused Baby LeRoy of trying to steal scenes from him. Once, to get even, he spiked the infant's orange juice with gin, and when it thereupon fell asleep, shouted with glee: "The kid's no trouper. Send him home...
...Italian cabinet had decided not to devalue the lira, which had already been drastically devalued two years ago, but to let it find its own level on a more or less free market. Forthwith the lira fell from 630 to more than 700 to the dollar. The Communists thereupon challenged Premier Alcide de Gasperi's government to parliamentary debate...
...near Quebec. It was there that Lawyer St. Laurent, master of the house and the law, failed to master the automobile. Time & again he smacked the family car into the gateposts. At the wheel, he sat up so ramrod-straight that the children often giggled. Thereupon he would stop the car and refuse to go on until the laughing stopped. He still does not drive a car; when he wants to ride in Ottawa, he calls a taxi...
...decision last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Champaign, Ill. school board had violated the Constitution when it permitted religious instruction during school hours and on school property (TIME, March 22, 1948). Champaign thereupon closed down its formal religious program; churchmen and educators waited to see how other communities would react. Last week, a survey by the National Education Association gave the first comprehensive check...