Word: decent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long history of American foreign policy, no thought has weighed more heavily upon the U.S. than the Jeffersonian injunction to pay "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind"-a respect that the U.S. has always hoped mankind would return. But last week, in Belgrade, the leaders of 25 neutral nations, calling themselves "the conscience of mankind," issued a formal statement with the predictable condemnations of Western colonialism-and not one word of direct censure for the Soviet resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests. Shocked by the anti-Western tone of the statement, Washington could only wonder whether...
...apparently still have trouble producing a decent ballpoint pen. Signing autographed menus for guests, Nikita was handed a Russian pen that failed at the crucial moment. Pulling out his own, Khrushchev said grinning, "Mine writes. It is American. You have to recognize when a thing is well made...
...hard for the Sardar Mohammeds to understand talk of obligation; they could not quite see the problem. Said Sardar: "At work I get on well with my mates. Everyone calls me Sam and is friendly. Why shouldn't my children have a decent home to live in like other children?" Fingering her long pigtail, her kohl-ringed eyes wide with nervousness, his wife said, "I don't understand what's happening...
...else can I do with my money?" explained one diner. "It isn't safe to save it, since you never know when they are going to change the currency or ask all of those with money in banks to buy worthless state bonds. We can't get decent furniture or clothes. So the best idea is to eat well and forget about...
While three "worthy, honest and decent little countries" (Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia) have vanished outright from the map and seven more have been sealed behind the Iron Curtain, Gunther finds that Western Europe, by contrast, is a far more hopeful place. In most countries, "democratic impulses are comfortably on the ascendant." Europe is enjoying an unparalleled boom, and the Common Market has pushed it closer to economic unity in a quarter-century than it had moved in the previous 500 years. More important, U.S. troops guard the Rhine. For if one thing has not changed, says Gunther, it is Germany...