Word: uprightness
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Really, weep for that nebulous region of the country between Las Vegas and the Appalachian Mountains. It has produced a fine native son in William Painter Bohlen, morally upright, journalistically sound, but fundamentally misguided in matters of national importance...
...followed up Ferguson's score with a 33-yard field goal by junior Peter Iverson. The Iverson field goal, which barely hooked inside the left upright, gave Cornell a chance to go ahead with a touchdown. Harvard's lack of offensive prowess gave Cornell the ball again with 4:01 to play. Seven plays and 88 yards later, Cornell took the lead for good...
...genetically speaking, 99.9% identical. And a universal gene that scientists are sure to discover is the one that makes all adult humans regret that they didn't stick with piano lessons. I lasted only a year, when I was 12. This summer, on vacation, I passed a mahogany upright in a hotel lobby, and my fingers itched to open its lid and conjugate the verb "to tinkle." Of course, there was a sign taped to it that read, "Please do not play the piano." No problem. They might as well have asked me to please refrain from solving the Israeli...
...photo of Carnahan in blackface at a minstrel show at a Kiwanis Club. (The Governor apologized.) This kind of sniping probably won't decide the race. If Carnahan can make Ashcroft seem too conservative, he'll win. Likewise, if Ashcroft can seem like a man of moderate policies and upright character, he'll take it. In that sense, Missouri's no different from the rest of the country...
...Thou Architect whose Temples stand upright...