Word: decent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...already. Too many cigarettes and those sawdust sandwiches were responsible for that. Hell of a thing anyhow--having to usher on the Dartmouth side. Showing those belligerent guys to their seats. Almost afraid to yell for Harvard. Having to listen to them cheer when any decent person would moan, and vice versa. Standing silent while their queer, savage Wahoo swelled and echoed. Well, here come some more of them. . . . Show your tickets. Keep moving, please...
...Jackson and Henry Clay rowed about; Miles Brewton House (1765), where Lord Cornwallis once stayed during the Revolution. Razed was a row of ancient shells where legend places the public slave market-a matter of sore denial by Charleston historians, who say Charleston's slaves were sold in decent privacy. Unscathed save for their gardens were the mansions along South Battery, many now owned by Northerners. Storm-conscious Harry Hopkins found, when he arrived to direct Government aid, that the damage countable in dollars was about...
...third of a nation," whose average income falls under $2,000, was out of this picture entirely. LIFE'S argument: new and decent housing for these families cannot, in general, be privately financed but must be a public...
...tenth annual National Air Races in Cleveland last week end for prizes handsome enough to cover the cost of a racing plane and a decent burial, the speed-mad fringe of U. S. aviation whistled up a great sound and fury. When it was all over, the pockets of Cleveland Promoters Cliff and Phil Henderson were again lined, only one flier had been killed,† and the whinny of ships racing against borrowed time had proved that aviation still has plenty of broncos...
Last half of the story shows Jerry, 20 years later, now head of the bank, long since dutifully married to a good, dull wife. Determined that his five children shall have the things he missed-a decent allowance and tolerant understanding-he successfully conceals his shock when they get drunk, when his oldest son confesses to having a mistress. With heroic effort he swallows his chagrin when his favorite daughter goes off to Hollywood, returns pregnant but unmarried. But when two of his children confess they are Reds...