Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...anecdote, a newly arrived and impeccably dressed visitor from Britain presented himself at the house of a Burmese dignitary. He was met by a bevy of lovely Burmese girls carrying bowls of water, who said a few words in their native tongue. Anxious to be agreeable, the Briton nodded, whereupon the maidens deluged him, from topper to spats, with cold water. The master of the house laughed & laughed...
...proletarian happy ending he persuades the union to accept a runaway Negro bricklayer as an equal, whereupon both he and Selene are voted honorary members. Author Lewis never lets the reader know whether, in his opinion, Aaron Gadd has found...
...least, was primarily a military man, unlike Keitel, Jodl, etc. If this be the case, the treatment given and in store for him appears to lack justice. All that is necessary to illustrate this point is enough imagination to contemplate a defeat for this country at some time, whereupon the then Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton and Hodges would promptly find themselves "war criminals...
...With a very British sense of humor. When a distinguished bore came to lunch and was in full drone, Sir William Nicholson would give a signal, whereupon the whole family would jump up, dash madly around the table, and plump down again in their seats as if nothing had happened...
...their respective constrictions, both groups had a good time, for the tradition of Harvard-Yale Concerts was interpreted in liberal fashion. After an Elegy and Bach Cantata, the Harvard Club launched into several choruses from "Patience" and the audience caught on: they were to enjoy themselves, not to appraise. Whereupon the two groups of singers pushed into their concert with a gusto that belied the forbidding impressions created by their formal stance and ceremonial dress...