Word: uptilting
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...apprentice newsman getting the feel of his city, for the cub police reporter learning the practical problems of his beat. Chicago has long enjoyed a reputation for producing reporters who could respond like fire dogs to fast-breaking stories. To this day, the legend survives that Windy City newsmen uptilt their hatbrims and race off at 45° angles. No man has given more sub stance to the legend than Isaac Gershman, 70, who was general manager of the C.N.B. until his retirement this month...
...Bataan kept watching for him. Once in a while he would come around. Everything about him-the angle of his heavily braided cap, the swing of his brown, curve-handled cane, the uptilt of his long black cigaret holder, the shine on his four stars and brown shoes-everything was always jaunty. The men watched for his smile: they usually...
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