Word: uprighteously
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Those who saw the portrait, however, could tell that its subject was a titled man-of-the-world, a sportsman, a connoisseur of literature, art and tobacco. A dinner jacket suit, from which the painter has removed himself, sits upright in a chair beside a small round table, on which there are a signet ring, a pipe and a leather-bound book. Behind the chair, where the room's blue-green walls meet, stand three polo mallets; near them hangs the painting of an Italianate nude...
...rainy night last month William Zielsdorf, a serious little German who keeps a nursery in McLough, Kans. settled down to listen to the radio. Soothed by the music and the rich, fruity tones of announcers, William Zielsdorf dozed. Suddenly he sat bolt upright. An exciting voice had just said...
...Regent's Park Pond a middle-aged patriot was placidly rowing a boat when the silence began, tried to stand upright in his skiff and splashed overboard. Coming to the surface he stood waist-deep in muck and cold water, head bowed for 90 seconds before squishing ashore...
...that Section Superintendent George Waldo Bicknell, book-browsing in Honolulu, had solved the mystery of Wake's anchor and uncovered a sea story as epic as the voyage of Captain Bligh of the Bounty. As builder and first airport manager at Wake, Colonel Bicknell discovered the anchor imbedded upright in the coral reef mile-and-a-half down the beach, moved it to its present position. A partially obliterated date and three letters at the tail end of a word were its only markings. When he was transferred to Honolulu he continued his quest, by chance finding the answer...
...issue may be stated . . .: Shall coercion be limited to criminals and men of ill-will who would encroach upon the freedom of others? Or shall centralized personal government undertake to plan the lives of upright men and coerce and compel them to comply...