Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plays, the Crimson squad was bolstered all the way be Mariaschin, who directed the attack competently. His acourate, deceptive passes set up a number of Crimson goals within the Tech foul-line, but too often they came as a surprise to his own teammates as well as the opposition whereupon the Varsity lost possession of the ball...
...psychology and believes her work here might qualify her for clinical work later. "Funny thing," she stated, "some years ago I suddenly decided I wanted to learn all about psychology. I went into a bookstore back home and asked the manager for the best books on the subject, whereupon he handed me one volume by Eugene Boring and another by Gordon Allport and assured me they were the last words in the field. Well, I never would have dreamt that one day I'd be taking courses with Professors Boring and Allport. But--here...
...town of Guernica, twelve miles northeast of Bilbao, is the ancient seat of Basque democracy. At the sacred Oak of Guernica (now a dried old stump), the Kings of Spain used to swear to protect Basque rights, whereupon the citizens would confer on the sovereign the title of Senor de Vizcaya...
Jack Doyle, lady-killing Irish ex-heavyweight whose U.S. career included few ring victories but two marriages to cinema starlets, one engagement to Auto Heiress Delphine Dodge, was arrested for trying his left hook on a lady in Dublin. She went down for a short count, whereupon Jack helped her up, then let her have another one. Next day in court he agreed to a ten-bob fine, but announced with injured dignity: "There is no law in the world to prevent me getting drunk every night if I behave myself...
Xavier Cugat, king of the rumba, was legally serenaded by Manhattan's Town & Travel Wear, Ltd. The dress shop said that Cugat (who has been sued for a separation by his wife of 16 years) okayed "anything in the house" for Actress Lorraine Allen-whereupon Miss Allen brooded for two hours, then settled on something in taffeta with an off-the-shoulder effect. The shop ran it up, to order, and then Cugat sent it back. What the shop wants: $297.95, in jigtime...