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Before we meet any characters in “The Family Stone,” Thomas Bezucha’s 2005 holiday dramedy about a close-knit extended family meeting their prodigal son’s uptight new girlfriend for the first time, a cellphone rings.

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He would have probably been more restrained and uptight if it hadn't been Levy asking the questions.

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It took a once controversial effort for Bernstein to transform an uptight virtuosic New York Philharmonic into a tight but electric one.

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As a 25-year-old Boston Symphony assistant conductor, he was speaking to audiences, sharing enthusiasm that not all uptight Bostonians were quite ready for.

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There are certain people in the room that are so uptight that I kind of want to win them over first, just so I can get away with the rest of the monologue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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