Word: uprightness
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...shot that cracked over Mitchell's track, followed by another, then a burst. "That's close," said Mitchell. "Somebody's moving up on our right just over the berm." A second round burst in the air, perhaps 50 meters closer. "Mortar rounds, that's what it is," said Mitchell, upright again in his hatch. "They're coming from inside the town." The squad backed up about 30 meters. As two more rounds exploded in the ground 50 meters front and right, the unseen machine gunner somewhere on the right began firing repeated bursts over Mitchell's track...
When deregulation came to Wall Street in 1975, Weill found his weapon. Fixed 15% commissions were history and soon, too, were some of the old brokerage battleships that had stayed upright with that ballast. Weill and his partners Roger Berlind, Arthur Carter and, later, Arthur Levitt torpedoed one competitor after another because they were better stock pickers and better managers...
When I got to the top the sky was immense and Boston retreated a very long way below me, and I felt very small and alone. I was terrified, unable even to stand upright. Hunched and shivering with fear, I scuttled over to the rail and clutched it. Do not let me die, I prayed, oh, please don’t let me die. As soon as I could rely on my legs again, I descended the 99 steps, dragging my arm against the cool, solid core of the tower to ground...
...women’s hockey team is the real deal. It is the best team at Harvard, and it will compete for an NCAA championship. Just ask Rebecca Lahar, Colgate’s goalie throughout the entire 10-0 onslaught. She went into the game blameless and upright...
...Shipping (ABS), which inspected and last certified the tanker as seaworthy in Dubai last May. "This ship never should have sunk, and the spill should have been contained." The crew's deliberate flooding of empty tanks on one side of the hull to get the ship back in an upright position created far too much stress, says Wade. "After that, the final sinking could be easily predicted. Its death warrant was signed." And the Spanish authorities, he contends, exacerbated the effects of what should have been a minor oil spill by refusing to give the damaged vessel permission to dock...