Word: whereupon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...green revolution primarily because it serves American interests by 'cooling down' discontent in Third World countries. So during the talk I asked the administrator why he thought Rockefeller was so interested in the green revolution. He paused for a moment, finally answering that Lawrence was a 'great man'--whereupon everyone laughed...
...threatened to kill him and demanded money in exchange for the dossier. Whether to yield to his blackmailer, to divvy up the loot with his accomplice, or just to relax with a pal, De Vathaire met with Kay at a resort hotel near the Swiss border after the theft, whereupon both men vanished. So did the 8 million francs. Last week Kay phoned a Paris newspaper from his hideaway, declaring, "I had nothing to do with it. For once, I wasn't doing anything. It's De Vathaire who's a bit crazy...
...over the issue of Taiwan's representation, warned the Canadians that allowing the Taiwanese to attend the Olympics under their chosen name, the Republic of China, would violate the terms of Canada's recognition of Peking. (In 1970, Canada recognized the People's Republic, whereupon Taiwan severed ties with Canada.) Canada agreed -while balking at further Peking pressure to oust the Taiwanese entirely...
...gaudy Las Vegas and climb the Sierra Nevadas, pausing at Donner Pass. Here, explains Twain, whose lecturing is becoming a mild irritant, a wagon train, led by George and Jacob Donner in the winter of 1846-47, became trapped in a fierce snowstorm. Several members of the party died, whereupon the survivors proceeded to cannibalize the dead. Twain, having now discovered the credit-card culture, suggests that this event gave rise to the Donner's Club. Trollope is puzzled. "Is that like Carte Blanche?" Dickens, who has been dozing, starts. "No!" he cackles. "Cartepurses...
...merge with Cleveland's White Consolidated Industries, a producer of appliances and other products (the two companies were founded by members of the same family, but there has been no corporate connection between them for the past 70 years). Early in May, White Consolidated thumbed down the merger -whereupon John Sheehan, a former governor of the Federal Reserve Board, quit as White Motor's president...