Word: uprighteously
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...obsession, in both fiction and nonfiction. Himself thoroughly experienced both as a Cambridge scientist and a Whitehall administrator, he has made it disturbingly clear to millions that the motives of men of power are mixed and unpredictable, that even right decisions are often taken for trivial reasons, that even upright and intelligent men are often helpless to defeat inertia or change the results of the system...
Nicely acted and broadly directed, with colorful costumes and plastic cowslips that stood upright on their stems when tossed to the stage, the performance was full of life, and it found an audience. Almost no one walked away. One young boy who did leave had nothing against Shakespeare. "Man, it's getting dark," he said, "and you can get killed in this park...
...Goldwater becomes President, a courageous, upright patriot will assume the office. No one can guarantee there will be no war, but with Goldwater we can be sure there will be no surrender...
...with the formula is that it does not require much space, and the reader is given only four or five pages between wry smiles. If the book is used as night-table literature, even the weariest citizen cannot achieve unconsciousness without meeting, say, the indignant wife of Federico the upright thief, the witless teen-ager who lives to dance, and the impassioned auto-accessories dealer who smashes his car for love. If the reader is the least bit wakeful, he goes on to meet Consolina, the servant girl who admires blond men and Clara, the fortuneteller's fickle daughter...
...roof was so low that we had to scramble awkwardly along a cold, damp floor, and as the curve flattened out at the peak of the arch, we were forced to crawl on hands and knees. Then, at last, we started downhill, again able to walk upright...