Word: decent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course curriculum, ranging from remedial-reading programs to college-level courses in calculus and chemistry. There is also an extensive program of vocational training in subjects including machine design and "beverage management" (how to run a bar), which one housewife is taking because "you can't get a decent cocktail in Ithaca...
...Tightness of their cause and so impatient with civilized procedures that they seek to restrain the freedom of expression or movement of others who may not agree with them. This kind of conduct is simply unacceptable, not only in a community devoted to intellectual endeavor, but in any decent democratic society...
...their cause and so impatient with civilized procedures that they seek to restrain the freedom of expression or movement of others who may not agree with them. This kind of conduct is simply unacceptable not only in a community devoted to intellectual endeavor but, I would assume, in any decent democratic society...
...still possible, of course, to get an ordinary oldfangled hair cropping at a decent price. But in increasing numbers, men are demanding something more. The new hair stylist gives it to them, at prices ranging from $6 to $100. The new shops do not even look like the old ones; they look like beauty parlors. Figuratively, and in some cases literally, they are. Manhattan's Hair Design Associates, on St. Mark's Place, caters to both men and women, although once the clients have been swaddled up to their necks in hair cloths it is sometimes difficult...
...electrial plant at Mariel in Havana province has just been opened. Next spring two cement plants will begin operation. The opening of these cement plants, which the Cubans say will meet all their requirements, is crucial. For when cement production rises, serious work on the appalling shortage of decent rural housing can begin in earnest...