Word: uprightly
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...Upright Late Period statues are generally backed by a pillar that rises from the base to shoulder, neck or head level. The pillar serves no functional purpose; it does not support the statue but follows the contours of the figure as if it intruded into or grew out of the person represented. Its rear plane is flat and is frequently covered with columns of symbols. Yet some scholars suggest that the shaft is perhaps the most essential part of a Late Period statue, because it is the seat of the Ka, or vital force, thought to endow the subject with...
...away in Helena. Mont., another Liberty (or Justice, for no one seems to be quite sure) has also had her experiences. About 20 years ago she blew over on her side, and when she was stood upright again, the Montana secretary of state-an avowed enemy of Anaconda Copper-took the occasion to have her copper coating changed to aluminum. This caused quite a bit of talk for a while, until politically powerful Anaconda paid for having her tan restored...
...unsettling second U.S. Navy Lieut. John B. Barnes thought that the laws of aerodynamics had suddenly been repealed. There he was, climbing away from the runway at Italy's Capodichino Airport, and on each side of him the wing of his flashy new F8U Crusader jet was turned upright 6½ feet from the tips-as if parked on a cramped carrier deck. Why the tower had cleared him for take-off and how his plane had staggered into the air with the outboard wing panels folded up, he could not say. But there was no time to speculate...
...there is anyone here who doesn't feel every qualified citizen should have the right to vote, let him hold up his hand." So far, Kefauver's bold gamble has worked; he has not yet faced an upright hand of dispute...
...Francisco added clusters of balloons to ticker tape, as citizens turned out in numbers that Chief of Police Thomas Cahill said hadn't been matched in 30 years. De Gaulle stood upright in a pale-blue convertible, chopping the air in two-handed greeting and murmuring "Merci, merci" as he bobbed his head from side to side. His aides had to brush off the confetti as he pulled up at the city hall for the Marseillaise and a word from Mayor George Christopher. Returning from a chilly tour of San Francisco Bay aboard a Coast Guard gunboat...