Upon reaching the desired speed, the automatic equipment would cut off the drive, and the silent but not empty vessel would hurl towards the star which was its journey's end.

Upon reaching Beijing, Chiang paid homage to Sun Yat-sen and had his body moved to the new capital of Nanjing to be enshrined in a grand mausoleum.

Upon reaching Salzburg, however, they found that he was not available and, disillusioned, returned to the United States after spending only 15 days of their planned three years in Europe.

Upon reaching his mother, who was now living with her new husband, he informed her of what had occurred with his uncle and his plans to make a life of his own, asking her for bread and some money to live in his misery.

Upon reaching the Cap Rock section of the park, they attempted to cremate Parsons ' corpse by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit match inside.

Upon reaching the city in September 1895, the column bombarded the royal palace with heavy artillery, causing heavy casualties and leading Queen Ranavalona III to surrender.

Upon reaching a suitable density, energy generation is begun at the core using an exothermic nuclear fusion process that converts hydrogen into helium.

Upon reaching Mars, the upper stage would be jettisoned, with the Habitat Unit aerobraking into Mars orbit before soft-landing in proximity to the Earth Return Vehicle.

Upon reaching Asunción during his 1958 tour of Latin America, Vice President Richard Nixon praised Stroessner's Paraguay for opposing communism more strongly than any other nation in the world.

Upon reaching Earth, she demanded Earth's surrender and proclaimed herself Empress.

Upon reaching Sierra Leone, Clarkson and some of the Nova Scotian ' captains ' " despatched on shore to clear or make roadway for their landing ".

Upon reaching an area just south of the site, the superstitious Evenki hunters would go no further, fearing what they called the Valleymen.

Upon reaching the end of the bridge they will separate into separate routes to their destinations.

Upon its release, the song was extremely successful, reaching number one in the UK and featuring at number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the ' 80s.

Upon reaching Vienna, Sobieski had planned to attack on 13 September, but with the Turkish close to breaching the walls he ordered a full attack on 12 September.

Upon reaching Bent's Fort, they turned to the northwest, reaching the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte on May 23.

Upon reaching the kingdom of Armorica, he defeated the king and killed thousands of inhabitants.

Upon reaching Eleusis, there was a day of fasting in commemoration of Demeter's fasting while searching for Persephone.

Upon discovering a growing listening audience, the band began to stretch out on stage, incorporating more time in their repertoire, some songs reaching jams of twenty minutes.

Upon reaching this resolution, the crowd of Falun Gong protesters dispersed.

Upon reaching the northern area, they split into two bands.

Upon their arrival on the Federation's flagship, they are attacked by battle droids and are forced to retreat to the planet, where they meet a clumsy Gungan named Jar Jar Binks ( Ahmed Best ), who assists the Jedi in reaching Queen Padmé Amidala ( Natalie Portman ).

Upon reaching Sierra Leone, Clarkson and some of the Nova Scotian ' captains ' " dispatched on shore to clear or make roadway for their landing ".

Upon her husband's death, their son, Svyatoslav, was three years old, making Olga the official ruler of Kievan Rus until he reached adulthood.

Upon reaching adulthood, Galahad is reunited with his father Sir Lancelot, who knights him.

Upon adulthood, Alexander confirmed his esteem for his mother and named her consors imperii ( imperial consort ).

Upon reaching adulthood, males leave their natal groups and join all-male groups.

Upon reaching adulthood, a standard goldendoodle will often weigh 45 pounds or more.

Upon reaching adulthood, You relinquished Granny's hat and is now commonly found draped over Granny's shoulders like a recumbent queen, adding an extra bit of power to Granny's already-formidable presence.

Upon adulthood, however, Tahmasp was able to reassert the power of the Shah and control the tribesmen.

Upon reaching adulthood, Coleman began playing professional football and joined the American Football League for three years, where he played for the Houston Oilers and the Oakland Raiders.

Upon reaching adulthood she sought a career in theatre, and gained ten years of experience as an actress, working for the Charles Doran and Arthur Bourchier companies.

Upon reaching adulthood, both Saint John and Stringfellow enlist in the U. S. Army and are dispatched to the front lines of the Vietnam War.

Upon complaints from the Lower House of Convocation to the House of Lords, he was removed from the Privy Council, his remark having been represented as a blasphemous affront to the clergy.

Upon intelligence that the formidable agitator was to favor them with his presence, the benighted inhabitants of Pawtuxet, alas, gave their allegiance to Massachusetts and asked that colony to expel the newcomers.

Upon a visit to a local junior college last week, I was shocked to see the young ladies wearing short shorts and the young men wearing Bermuda shorts.

Upon administrative approval of the reclassification, he was ordered to report for induction on June 11, 1956, but failed to do so.

Upon return of the file to the local board, petitioner was again ordered to report for induction and this prosecution followed his failure to do so.

Upon most of these Christianity had left an impress and through them had had a share in making the individual what he was.

Upon hearing the call of his hunting party, he cried out to them and immediately was changed into a stag.

Vinge's Children of the Sky, " a near-term sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep ", set ten years later, was released in October 2011.

Upon Paul's arrival in Jerusalem, he was confronted with the rumor of teaching against the Law of Moses ().

Upon ejection the kinetic energy of the Auger electron corresponds to the difference between the energy of the initial electronic transition and the ionization energy for the electron shell from which the Auger electron was ejected.

Upon completion of this task, the angel was then named to be guardian.

Upon arrival there, Phillip was to assume the powers of Captain General and Governor in Chief of the new colony.

Upon his departure, Aegeus told him to put up white sails when returning if he was successful in killing the Minotaur.

Upon landing in al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman was greeted by clients Abu Uthman and Ibn Khalid and an escort of 300 cavalry.

Upon boot, the user was directed to a BASIC interpreter in immediate mode, not a traditional command line interface.

Upon receiving reports of the French army on the move, Edward decided a retreat was in order.

Upon return the air in the area was still filled with toxic smoke from the World Trade Center fires that persisted until January 2002.

Upon his assumption of the commissioner's role, Selig transferred his ownership interest in the Brewers to his daughter Wendy Selig-Prieb in order to remove any technical conflicts of interest, though it was widely presumed he maintained some hand in team operations.

Upon descending the plane on his wheelchair, he stood up and saluted the cheering crowd of supporters, including an army band playing his favorite military march tunes, which was awaiting him at the airport in Santiago.

Upon retirement, a popular plan was to return to live in Croatia ( then Yugoslavia ) to buy a more expensive property.

A Married Women ( Restraint Upon Anticipation ) Act was passed in 1949 “ to equalise, to render inoperative any restrictions upon anticipation or alienation attached to the enjoyment of property by a woman ,” while the Married Women ( Maintenance ) Act of 1949 was enacted with the intention of improving the adequacy and duration of financial benefits for married women.

Upon release, the film was criticized for not addressing many current issues of the New Left such as the woman's movement, sexual liberation and worker self-management.

Upon returning to South Africa in 1958, Barnard was appointed cardiothoracic surgeon at the Groote Schuur Hospital, establishing the hospital's first heart unit.