Word: erectly
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...studio audience in Manhattan's Radio City (which had scrambled for tickets-free but hard to get) saw a little, erect man in a dark suit coming on stage after the show was already on the air. He led with an economy of gesture; only occasionally did he indulge in vigorous sweeping motions. But at the end Toscanini was obviously exhausted: he kept patting his brow with a scented handkerchief as he made his exit through the violin section...
...expressed the hope that students could come to Europe this summer to help rebuild the University. Almost destroyed on July 7, 1944, by the Allied advance, Caen is now holding classes again but, according to the rector, is in great need of new housing facilities and additional labor to erect them...
...massive Negro woman jumped up, marched up to the doctor. She was a rehabilitated Deaver alumna. She stood erect, held up her now unneeded cane. "Dr. Deaver," she shouted hoarsely, "I want to present you with this stick. Thank you, doctor, thank...
...aims of the new government are two: to secure and maintain full employment, and to erect an adequate system of social security for all," Gordon-Walker asserted. "It does not regard starving men as free. One cannot enjoy liberty unless certain assurances and securities are guaranteed...
...horses flashed sabers, glinting silver. Behind them came the royal coach, drawn by four grey horses, with the driver and two footmen splashes of vivid scarlet above the deep maroon of the coachwork. Through the windows the crowds could see the King in an admiral's uniform, sitting erect and wooden-faced under his gold-peaked cap, while the Queen, with her plump, pink-and-white face, powder blue hat, grey-fawn furs, was all smiles and gracious waves. The Welsh Guards Band played God Save the King as the coach went...