Word: uprighteously
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...answer, he believes, is that chimps are "dehumanized beings," reduced to a more primitive way of life by their forest environment. But chimps have not always been forest dwellers. Long ago, says Kortlandt, they inhabited African open plains, walked upright and used crude weapons to defend themselves effectively against carnivorous enemies. But when man's early ancestors developed spears and learned to kill at a distance, the chimps retreated into the dense rain forest. "In the forest," Kortlandt says, "the semihuman element in the behavior of apes faded away to a large extent...
...seem to have forgotten the greatest crime deterrent of all: an upright conscience. No legislation, police vigilance, welfare programs or idealistic philosophy can impose morality on people; it must come from an inner conviction of rightness or wrongness based on a code of ethics derived from religion...
Minnesota's upright Senator Eugene McCarthy felt no embarrassment in accepting the use of a Lincoln Continental for a nominal yearly rental of $750, and Indiana's Senator Vance Hartke had a comparable deal with Chrysler. But Hartke has been a leader in the drive to force safety devices upon U.S. automakers. A legislator would have to be exceptionally malleable-or poor-to be seriously swayed by such amenities. What they can and do create is a climate of friendliness and mild obligation-but that, after all, is the essence of politics as well as public relations...
...Romney, after four years in office, is still something of an unknown factor. He looks the part of a President and, as a devout Mormon, is morally about as upright as a candidate can be. But even those who lean toward him are not sure that he has the depth for the job, and some express concern over his tendency toward sanctimoniousness. One gag has an aide telling Romney, as the two emerge from a meeting, "Beautiful day, Governor." Romney's reply: "Thank you." Over the next 20 months, the undecided Republicans will be studying his performance with microscopic care...
...also certain that man's upright posture puts an unnatural burden on the veins of the feet, legs and thighs, which have to work against gravity when blood is returning toward the heart. Normally, most of the blood travels through deep, internal veins, which are tightly enclosed in muscle and other tissues. The rest of the blood goes through thin-walled surface veins. Connecting the internal and external veins, like the rungs of a ladder, are horizontal communicating veins. All these veins are fitted by nature with internal cuplike valves, which open rhythmically to let a certain amount...