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Word: uprighteous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bright, China-blue eyes. His manners were polite and distant. He wasn't engaged in some Gauguin-based fantasy. He was simply living the way that suited him best, free from attachment. The locals thought he was a bum, a castaway, but his talent made him a queer and upright old aristocrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PECULIAR BUT GRAND | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

What he's doing now:I'm just trying to do a little bit of everything, to take some African and Flamenco dance lessons and some upright bass lessons...

Author: By Michelle C. Sullivan, | Title: profile No More Homework Talk | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...strains to keep his frame upright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LIMERICK FOR RUDY | 12/10/1994 | See Source »

...what a 5-foot-10, 165-pounder can hope to accomplish with ninth-round draft status (like Israel, his rights are held by the Flyers) and a Beanpot ring as credentials. Even after his superlative freshman season. Tracy was drafted two rounds below Israel, scouts always preferring the upright model to the unorthodox...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Junior Goalie Tripp Tracy: It's His Time to Shine | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

...Murphy seemed to take the pain head on. Sitting upright at the post-game press conference, he stared straight into the eyes of his inquisitors and spoke softly (for him) and directly...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Gridders Fall to Bucknell, 42-23 | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

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