Word: uprighteous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True, the playing in the Schumann was emotionally engaging, but I found the recording in its entirety to be remarkably free of real musical tension. The tempi were upright, and as a result, there was little momentum in either the forward or reverse directions. The individual playing was impressive, but I didn't find myself entirely convinced by the final product. By no means was I expecting tear-jerking renditions, but I did expect a recording that was more engaging than this...
...broomstick, right through his skull. The rod rocketed through his face, excising his left eye, and exited skyward through the top of his head. Astoundingly, Gage was able to stand and speak in a few minutes. His intelligence was intact. But later it became clear that the once upright young man had been altered. He now cursed, lied and behaved so abominably that he could not hang on to a job or a friend. The balance "between his intellectual faculty and his animal propensities" had been destroyed, wrote Gage's doctor, John Harlow. Gage was no longer Gage...
...human being, as awareness evicts certainty, walking upright weeping is an achievement and a purpose...
...performance as council president, I often ask him why he puts up with it. After all, he's already been admitted to the Law School, he has lots of friends, and he is generally regarded by those who know him as one of the kindest, nicest, most morally-upright individuals one could have the fortune of knowing in this world...
...auctioneers did their best at spin control afterward, but some spins are uncontrollable, and this is one. "There was an obvious mismatch," said Diane Upright of Christie's to the New York Times, "between sellers' expectations and the buyers or potential buyers who were looking for bargains...