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uhpstan ding

  • s  meriting respect or esteem
    an upstanding member of the community

  • While this seemingly innocuous phrase may appeal to many customers, it can also be intended as code for "not owned by immigrants," an attempt to divert business from upstanding .
  • Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, the oldest Asian sporting club in existence, was founded in 1889 by a group of upstanding middle-class Bengalis keen to prove their mettle against the .
  • But John Wayne Gacy was also an upstanding citizen: he helped out the neighbors, he was the chaplain of the Jaycees, he dressed up as roly-poly Pogo the Clown to entertain children.
News & Articles

  • Hot Trailer: ‘The Frozen Ground’
    “Have you ever seen anybody do anything like this before?” In The Frozen Ground , an Alaska State Trooper ( Nicolas Cage ) asks that question about a series of particularly brutal cold-case serial killings in which the lead suspect is an upstanding local citizen ( John Cusack ). The only real lead is Cindy ( Vanessa Hudgens ), a stripper who’s the one would-be victim to escape from the killer ...
    June 21, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood
Quotes

  • Trevor Immelman in International Herald Tribune
    You want to hang around and be part of his growing up, try and make sure he turns into a good, upstanding citizen of the world,Immelman said. "It was all scary."
  • Klaus Uwe Benneter in Washington Post
    Stauffenberg "is to be played by an actor whose sect, through dubious methods, attempts to lure people and make them pliable," Social Democratic lawmaker Klaus Uwe Benneter said on his Web site. "This is a slap in the face to all upstanding...
  • Janet Murguia in Kansas.com
    We see the Minutemen as an extremist group that espouses hate and vigilantism and some violence,Murguia said last week. "A member of such a group, no matter how upstanding in other ways, should have no place representing Kansas City."

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