Word: erect
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From his tweeds to his twang, Saltonstall is every inch a Brahmin-the last of the Massachusetts species in high elective office. Tall and erect, with the kind of homeliness that radiates integrity, Salty is famed among Senate colleagues for the Bostonian virtues of unfailing courtesy and caution. On one occasion, when asked by a reporter for his opinion on a foreign policy issue, the taciturn Senator replied: "No comment, and that's off the record...
...estate, which offers larger returns for less effort than any other endeavor. The biggest key to wealth in real estate-and many other businesses-is "leverage," the ability to magnify the power and impact of a small initial investment by operating mostly on borrowed capital. A speculative builder can erect a building for 10% down, then get financing for the rest and boost his after-tax profits by deducting both his interest costs and heavy depreciation...
Crime & Punishment. There is an eleven-year gap in the legend-until 1836, when a tall stranger with a flowing beard and erect military bearing rode into the Siberian outpost of Krasnoufimsk on a white horse. He carried his right hand on his hip in the manner of the late Czar; he spoke fluent French and a kind of Russian that was half church-Slavic, half Latin; he carried an icon with the initials A.I. The peasants began to wonder if this might not be Alexander the Blessed. When the stranger, who gave his name as Fyodor Kuzmich but could...
...very first time. And what an astonishing sight that was! Our little courtyard seemed without limits. There was buzzing from the sands of invisible bees, an intoxicating aroma, a warm sun as thick as honey. The air flashed as though armed with swords, and, between the swords, erect, angle-like incidents with colorful motionless wings advanced straight...
Lift in Output. The two trends together have touched off the greatest migration and building program in the steel industry's 101-year history. U.S. Steel and Inland, both longtime Chicago producers, have major expansion programs under way to add furnaces and finishing mills. Jones & Laughlin will erect a ground-up $600 million plant at Hennepin, 111. (TIME, July 9). Bethlehem is spending $400 million on a 3,300-acre complex of finishing mills at Burns Harbor, Ind. Youngstown Sheet & Tube is laying out $375 million for a blast furnace and finishing mills at East Chicago, and Midwest Steel...