10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECTITUDINOUS»
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rectitudinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rectitudinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yorker political writer. Novelist and wife of Clinton consultant Bob Shram. New
Republic and Tunes writer. married to Clinton adrixer Laura Tyson. !\orelixt and ...
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An Introduction to Medieval Theology
10) Anselm had made the point that things are “right” (“rectitudinous”) when they
are or do what they ought. In Anselm's understanding, what things are in their
essence (i.e., what they ought to be), ultimately refers to their conformity with their
...
Rik van Nieuwenhove, 2012
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Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams of a Small-Town Word Whiz
Genuflect.” “Rectitudinous" she says. “May I have the definition, please?” “It's the
adjective form of rectitude, meaning honest, virtuous, righteous.” “
R-e-c-t-i-t-u-d-i-n-o-u-s" I say. She calls out, “Obnubilate? “Will you use it in a
sentence, please?
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Power, Politics, and the Ego
In international politics, foreign policy decision makers may attempt to impose
rectitudinous behavior upon a foreign nation with which they are negotiating, or
which they perceive as a threatening enemy or which they have defeated in war,
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Kenneth Jerold Comfort, 2003
... you would still be denying him because of me. You want monogamy outside
marriage and adultery inside marriage. Maybe you're right and that's the only way
to do it. But for that you will have to find a more rectitudinous old man." Elaborate.
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How America Goes to War
By the time America entered the Great War, the Caribbean was a Yankee ocean
save for isolated islands controlled by Great Britain and France. Wilson had
exported his own kind of loose colonialism at some cost to America's
rectitudinous ...
Frank Everson Vandiver, 2005
Edmund Wilson was, in his own way, no less rectitudinous. I had begun to read
him at length in my late teens, and he became for me a trustworthy interpreter of
the literary scene. Like many of my generation, I relied on his clear and vigorous
...
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David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave ...
... was found to be exactly as remembered. Life picked up with amazing ease, at
about where it had left off—afternoon calls, teas, tutors, lessons, books, Father's
morning paper, Father's office week, and those rectitudinous Roosevelt Sundays.
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The Conservative Mind: A New Model for Government
And, he knew that the rectitudinous liberal desire to tax rich Americans to save
poor Americans would create only more poor Americans. The liberal timorous
mindset does disgorge the truth. But the truth cannot be hidden from an
audacious ...
Jr. James E. Snyder, 2004
And maliciously witty, it may be added; whereas in all his college relations his
sense of the academic proprieties extended almost to the rectitudinous.' Farnaby
paused, and seemed to become aware of this speech as a shade on the heavy ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECTITUDINOUS»
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rectitudinous is used in the context of the following news items.
Gun Ammo, Bomb Supplies, Commandeered Cars And Planes …
Going back through Roberts' Twitter Twitter feed reveals numerous tweets that more rectitudinous types would deem inadvisable (Roberts can, of course, tweet ... «Forbes, May 15»
Why filthy literature should not be cleaned up
The bleeping-out recalls a rectitudinous, bygone Little England of glass milk bottles on doorsteps and fastened top buttons on shirt collars. But like most falsities, ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
David Brooks just makes God up: More horse-and-buggy …
Such rectitudinous generalizations hardly warrant a response, but those familiar with Brooks' work understand what the provenance of the aforementioned ... «Salon, Mar 15»
“Huked” on a winning feeling: Winners crowned at Harbor House …
The radio station-sponsored team finished the night by spelling “rectitudinous.” The RN‑T team was last up and tried twice before failing to spell “mischievous” ... «Northwest Georgia News, Feb 15»
"When the Game Stands Tall": Sports drama/sermon missing a "A …
... Sony's in-house, faith-based label Affirm Films) that goes long on rectitudinous sermonizing but comes up short on gridiron thrills or genuine love for the game. «The Denver Post, Aug 14»
Notorious Kitty Fisher is given a new lease of life
Moreover, is this the sort of association that a rectitudinous village like ours would wish for? The trouble is, it's a bit late for moral scruples because Kitty Fisher is ... «courier.co.uk, Mar 14»
The Hardest Button to Button (Is the Bottom Button of Your Suit Jacket)
Eccentric but rectitudinous, jauntily equestrian, the doubly buttoned paddock-cut jacket is suitable for both drum majors on leave and playboys in horse country. «Slate Magazine, Dec 13»
Plotting, Sparring and Storytelling: Women or Nothing Is Mostly in …
Hallie Foote is there, of course, excellent and rectitudinous as ever, playing a recent widow suddenly reconnected with her childhood flame. Betty Buckley and ... «New York Observer, Sep 13»
Let common sense , wisdom prevail in ' pastry pistol ' incident
Had my ill-conceived adventure with my Bowie knife transpired in today's rectitudinous climate, my whole life could have turned out differently. And so would ... «Baltimore Sun, May 13»
TV Tonight: Parade's End
On the eve of World War I, we meet Christopher Tietjens (Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch), a rectitudinous coatrack of a noble gentleman who has the sense ... «TIME, Feb 13»
