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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.
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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 reaching adulthood, Weygand was legally acknowledged as a son by Francois-Joseph Weygand, an accountant in the employ of M. Cohen de Léon, thereby granting him French citizenship.
Upon and desired
Upon completion of the purging step, additional initiator appropriate for the molecular weight of the sample desired is added, and the system is then warmed to the polymerization temperature, at which the reaction is allowed to go to completion.
Upon the ending of the first division he desired to go over the ground again, to acquire greater proficiency, and, for some reason unknown, he never resumed his task, which was completed by another after a lapse of eighty years.
Upon entering either mode, the player will be able to select a course, find out which fruit will be the Lucky Fruit, and choose a Yoshi of desired colour to play as.
After directing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Leone decided to retire from westerns and desired to produce his film based on The Hoods, which eventually became Once Upon a Time in America.
Upon reaching a certain level which is dependent on their desired ' job ', a player has 3 options:
Upon subsequent removal of the auxiliary, the desired aldol stereoisomer is revealed.
Upon the election of John Quincy Adams in 1825, Rush ( having made a study of Britain, and the British Navy in particular, while he was there ) desired to become the Secretary of the Navy.
Upon receiving the error signal that marks the disparity between the desired value ( setpoint ) and the actual output value, the controller will then attempt to regulate controlled output behaviour.
Upon his return to Paris he exhibited his work, which Diderot worshipped ; the success was so resounding that King Louis XVI of France allowed him to stay in the Louvre, a very ancient privilege desired by artists.
Upon addition of a N, N-disubstituted formamide ( such as DMF ) a hemiaminal is formed, which can easily be hydrolyzed into the desired aldehyde.
Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Tyson desired to return to active military duty.
Upon entering in the desired locations for the weather information and the type of weather information desired, the ACARS would then transmit the message to the ground.
Upon reaching their desired destination however, it is realized that Voyager was deceived and was actually directed to the heart of the " Dream Aliens " space.
Upon and speed
Upon learning to touch type, comfortable typing speed is expected to be achieved within a month.
Upon reaching that speed, the electrons are injected into the storage ring, a 1, 104 meter ( 3 622 ft ) circumference ring of
Upon receiving the news he moved further out of Nagumo's way and ordered the Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall, which was also in Colombo, to join him with all speed.
Upon entering the centrifuge cylinder, the UF < sub > 6 </ sub > gas is rotated at a high speed.
Upon all roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic ...
* Upon eating a " cosmic carrot ," Rodney is imbued with various superpowers, including limited invulnerability, super-strength, enhanced speed, stamina, hearing, and vision, and the ability to make gigantic, powerful leaps.
Upon reaching Earth, atmospheric entry techniques are used to absorb the kinetic energy of a returning spacecraft and reduce its speed for safe landing.
Upon arriving in Washington, Logan immediately impressed with his spectacular catches and speed.
Upon each level, points are given to improve a few stats including acceleration, speed and turning.
Upon removing his suit, he is able to unleash his full strength without a speed penalty.
Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a quarter mile long, two lane, straight paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded.
2.191 seconds.