Word: uprightness
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...Sleeping Upright. The incident was the crowning embarrassment to Nkrumah in a swing through central and northern Ghana that put His High Dedication in a state of high dudgeon. Tribal traditions are still strong in the north, and feeling runs deep against Nkrumah for breaking the power of the chiefs...
...ambitious new President Sherwood H. Egbert (TIME. April 21). S.P. has brought out its handsomest cars in several years. To overcome their sawed-off look, the Lark and Lark Cruiser are as much as 13 inches longer than last year's models, and have been adorned with an upright grille similar to that of the Mercedes Benz (which S.P. markets in the U.S.). On the restyled Hawk. S.P. designers have also used the Mercedes look up front and a roof that borrows some of the thunder from Ford's Thunderbird. Though S.P. has dipped an estimated $10.3 million...
Walking in Darkness. Jesús Sánchez, born in 1910 in the state of Veracruz, grew up knowing that his place in life was that of a poor workman. "There is nothing better in this world than upright work," he says-to the constant irritation of his children. Lenore ("the first woman I ever had") bore him two boys, Manuel and Roberto, and two girls, Consuelo and Marta. Of the four, only Marta holds his affection. He considers the rest ungrateful, worthless drifters. "They don't like to have anyone order them around." he says. "First they...
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...hatch, which is close to the water, is released by small explosive bolts that can be fired all at once, but it is not normally used until the capsule has been hoisted clear or at least stabilized in an upright position by the pull of a helicopter's cable. In this case its opening was disastrous. The sea was comparatively calm, but the Liberty Bell 7 was not built for seaworthiness with its hatch open. It wobbled, took in a surge of water and began to sink. Astronaut Grissom swam through the tepid water in his buoyant, silvery space...