Word: erect
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According to the authors, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) is important not merely because of her age but because of her posture. Until now, it was believed that humanity's ancestors developed large brains before they walked erect. Lucy shows that it was the other way around...
...heritage of two who used to live on the site: Henry Adams, author and descendant of Presidents, and John Hay, a personal secretary to Lincoln and later Secretary of State to McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The Reagans nibbled on Dover sole and an omelette where Stuart Symington, 79, the erect and handsome former Senator from Missouri, used to court his first wife, Evelyn Wadsworth, granddaughter...
...blue-and-red plaid sports jacket on a recent trip to Washington, his generally tweedy coats and dark slacks look smart and comfortable. His business suits, in grays, browns and blues, are skillfully tailored but have a faintly old-fashioned look. One reason is that his broad shoulders and erect posture make his jackets look overly padded...
...defendants had not been seen publicly since their arrest. Jiang Qing, a onetime film actress, seemed almost defiant as the trial opened. Her jet-black hair was pulled severely back behind her ears; she marched into the courtroom with her head regally erect and then alternately smirked and yawned during the reading of the indictment, apparently to show contempt for the proceedings. Still, there were some reports that at one point she broke down and cried. Other defendants seemed tired and worn from their long imprisonment. Two members of the Gang, Zhang Chunqiao and Wang Hongwen, had shaved heads...
...UNIVERSITY'S decision to erect seven expensive kiosks in the Yard and to prohibit posters on walls is ostensibly a measure to keep the Yard beautiful, but in reality serves to restrict communication among students. It is especially crippling to new and unorthodox groups that must rely heavily on posters to publicize their positions and activities...