Word: uprighteously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...then he sat almost upright, bent, however, on a bagatelle of introspection. What was wrong with himself? Wasn't he a gentleman? True, he did not twist puppy-dog tails, but then he had no poise. And what is one without the other? quotha. No, he wasn't a gentleman...
...abortive stub with upturned tips, affixed as on a low-wing monoplane, to provide lateral stability, to carry the ailerons and to provide a mounting for the undercarriage. The real supporting surfaces (i. e. wings) are embodied in four great rotating blades, or vanes, affixed to an upright tripod. It is this rotor that gives the ship its windmill appearance and that accounts for its amazing stability. Because the blades are turned not by the engine but simply by the wind induced by the ship's motion, the rotor is not a propeller, and the autogiro...
...internationally, in which Reporter Knickerbocker was star witness for the prosecution, M. Orloff was convicted of forgery, sentenced to jail. Rather surprisingly, Defense Attorney Walter Jaffe said of Witness Knickerbocker after the trial: "I shall never call his an agent provocateur again. I shall call him spiritus rectus: the Upright Spirit of the trial...
...orthodox pastoral manner. Rev. Mr. Dottery, for instance, once hinted broadly from the pulpit that he felt it inconsiderate of his parishioners to die at his dinnertime; the hint was sufficient. Parson Sparrow, whose predecessor's morals had been lax, found to his dismay that the more upright he was, the wickeder became his people. In humble desperation he went a-walking with gay Betty Wing, and the villagers trooped back to church, "for a little wickedness do make a lot of talk." These 26 short stories show Powys' sympathy for pastoral paganism; show too his awareness that...
...Simon Author Hutchinson tells you all there is to know about his son, from the age of 17 months to nearly three years. It is an affectionate account, not totally bereft of humor. "He crawls excitedly under the table for something and then, having secured it, gleefully stands upright. Bang! The table has rushed down upon him and crashed his head for him. He desires a piece of coal from the coal-box and to stoop for it he puts his hands on the fender to balance himself. Yell ! The fender is hot and has jumped at him and blistered...