Before accepting a role as a villain in Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, Henry Fonda called Wallach and asked " What the hell does he know about the West?

Upon accepting, Hoffman stated softly to his fellow nominees that it was okay if they didn't vote for him because " I didn't vote for you guys either.

Upon accepting the award, Collins thanked Sophia Loren for turning down the part of Alexis.

Upon picking the loveliest rose he finds, the merchant is confronted by a hideous ' Beast ', which tells him that for taking his ( the Beast's ) most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must die.

Upon accepting his trophy, Grammer's remarks included comments made in tribute and remembrance of Ritter.

Upon accepting this promotion, Stewart was reassigned from NASA to be the Deputy Commanding General, U. S. Army Strategic Defense Command, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Upon accepting the position of prime minister Anand was quick to declare that he did not agree with everything the junta had done and that he intended to follow an independent course.

Upon accepting the idea, MCA records wrote down the name Bell Bivins Devoe, but Bivins suggested they remove the ins from his name and just call the group Bell Biv Devoe.

Upon accepting his nomination to serve as president of the World Bank in 1995, Wolfensohn divested of his ownership interest in James D. Wolfensohn, Inc.

Upon accepting the post, Brown declared that the new building should itself be a work of art, " as much a gem as one of the Rembrandts or Van Dycks housed within it.

Upon accepting his position as the head of Iran ’ s Judiciary system, Mr. Shahroudi proclaimed: " I have inherited an utter ruin from the previous judiciary to Mohammad Yazdi's 10 years in office.

Upon accepting a position at Pennsylvania State University, Lorch allowed a black family to occupy his apartment, thus circumventing the no Negroes rule.

Upon accepting Simple Machines ' request for a demo tape, Grohl decided to hide his identity under the pseudonym Late !, " because I ’ m an idiot and I thought it would be funny to say to everybody, ' Sorry, we ’ re Late !’".

Upon accepting his first offer to work for the Weapon X Program, North is artificially granted a slight healing factor that allows him to recover from mild to moderate injuries much faster than a normal human.

The Chief National Guard Bureau shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, by selection from the lists of officers of the National Guard of the United States recommended as suitable for such appointment by their respective Governors, and who have had ten or more years commissioned service in the National Guard … The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall hold office for four years unless sooner removed for cause, and shall not be eligible to succeed himself … Upon accepting his office, the CNGB shall be appointed a Major General in the National Guard of the United States, and commissioned in the Army of the United States, and while serving shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a )| Major General

Upon initiation, all ZBT brothers are given full rights and privileges, within days of accepting their bids.

Upon appointment, Dyck wished to sit as a New Democratic Party senator, but NDP spokesperson Karl Belanger immediately indicated that the party would not recognize her as a member of the NDP caucus: as the party platform specifically favours abolition of the Senate, it refused to confer legitimacy on the body by accepting Dyck ; additionally, Dyck's membership in the NDP was revealed to have lapsed.

Upon accepting appointment, Justices ' Law Clerks are appointed for a term of one and a half years, with a possible 6 month extension.

Upon reaching Paris, the headstrong d ' Artagnan has a series of chance physical encounters with these same three musketeers, resulting in d ' Artagnan accepting a duel with each one that very day.

Upon accepting office in the interim government in January 2007, however, UPP leader Mick Beddoes, an opponent of the military coup and of the government formed by its leader, asked her to resign from the party.

Upon accepting the post, Lübeck married, as was custom in some parts of North Germany, the daughter of his predecessor, one Susanne Becker.

Chapter 17 of William Bates ' 1920 book Perfect Sight Without Glasses, in which the author argues that observation of the sun is beneficial to those with poor vision, includes a figure of somebody " Focussing the Rays of the Sun Upon the Eye of a Patient by Means of a Burning Glass.

Upon reading Calef's More Wonders of the Invisible World, Increase Mather publicly burned the book in Harvard Yard.

Upon his return to Frankfurt, events prevented his concentrating upon the book on aesthetics he wished to write: " Valid student claims and dubious actions ," he wrote to Marcuse, " are all so mixed up together that all productive work and even sensible thought are scarcely possibly any more.

Upon further study, Bork later ascribed a meaning to the Ninth Amendment in his book The Tempting of America.

Pullman has published two short stories related to His Dark Materials: " Lyra and the Birds ", which appears with accompanying illustrations in the small hardcover book Lyra's Oxford ( 2003 ), and " Once Upon a Time in the North " ( 2008 ).

Upon the request of a high official named Sporacius, Theodoret compiled a Compendium of Heretical Accounts ( Haereticarum fabularum compendium ), including a heresiology ( books i-iv ) and a " compendium of divine dogmas " ( book v ), which, apart from Origen's De principiis and the theological work of John of Damascus, is the only systematic representation of the theology of the Greek Fathers.

While finishing work on Once Upon a Time in America in 1982, Leone was impressed with Harrison Salisbury's non-fiction book The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad, and he planned on adapting the book as a war epic.

Upon its release, it immediately rose to the # 1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the second Wheel of Time book to reach the # 1 position on that list.

Upon the printing of the book, Carroll sent eighty signed copies to his favorite child friends.

Upon his arrival, Jessup was surprised to learn that a paperback copy of his UFO book had been mailed to the ONR in a manila envelope marked " Happy Easter.

Upon completion, the book was then picked up by the publisher Sir William Collins, who released it through his publishing company Collins in 1960.

Upon publication, Uncle Tom's Cabin ignited a firestorm of protest from defenders of slavery ( who created a number of books in response to the novel ) while the book elicited praise from abolitionists.

Upon release, Spawn # 1 sold 1. 7 million copies, still a record for an independent comic book.

Upon his death in 1997 he bequeathed his book collection to the University of Exeter, and his personal archive of manuscripts, diaries, and correspondence.

Upon returning home in 1909, Grey converted his experiences into a new book, The Last of the Plainsmen, describing the adventures of Buffalo Jones.

Upon his return to the United States, Nearing authored a book offering his views on the Chinese situation, entitled Whither China?

Upon hearing this criticism, Card rethought this entire book and decided to split it into two books.

Upon publication, Grove Press added to the book supplementary material regarding the censorship battle as well as an article written by Burroughs on the topic of drug addiction.

Upon this realization Rand comes to terms with himself, and finally laughs, dispersing the unnatural clouds that have been in the sky throughout the book, shining a tiny glimmer of hope on his fate at Tarmon Gai ' don.

Upon winning the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2003 he became the first writer ever to receive a Booker and a Whitbread for the same book.

Upon publication of the first book edition it was reviewed by The Times Literary Supplement in its edition of January 26, 1922 which described it as " a whirl of thrilling adventures ".

Upon being told that a book he had purchased for filming, The Well of Loneliness, couldn't be filmed because it was about lesbians, he reportedly replied: " That's all right, we'll make them Hungarians.

Letters written by Lyra included in the companion book Once Upon a Time in the North reveal that Lyra is researching her dissertation for a M. Phil in Economic History, indicating her to be continuing to study during her twenties.