Word: decentered
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Unlike “Prep,” Curtis Sittenfeld’s decent but hackneyed portrayal of those ruthless pre-college years, “Special Topics” minimizes the ‘to be or not to be’ virgin dilemmas and queen bee versus wannabe showdowns. While that approach worked for the movie “Mean Girls,” the intellectually inclined will relish Pessl’s knack for language, unconventional arrangement, and substantial academic references...
Cooperation between governments and citizens isn't just smart policy. It's our best hope for fulfilling the moral obligation of decent societies and caring individuals to end the suffering of millions around the world...
...stopping genocide is easy. But in Darfur, where it is happening now, stopping genocide is brutally hard. A contingent of 7,000 African Union peacekeepers currently patrol the Texas-size chunk of western Sudan where government-backed militias are busy exterminating the non-Arab population. The African soldiers are decent and brave, but they are engaged in a sham. The militias menace villagers in front of the peacekeepers' eyes; Sudan's government steals the fuel they need to fly their planes. In the words of U.N. envoy Jan Pronk, "The people on the ground are just laughing...
This is a direct quote from last week: “If I’m at all decent at this, maybe they’ll let me do it every week.”Four wins and four losses later, I’m back. Sheepishly. Apparently, this is going to be a regular gig. So I’m following up incorrect with unpopular. Now, there’s no grace period, because although it’s still September, this is likely the most important weekend of the Ivy slate, ripe with evenly-matched rivalry games...
...letter. In it, they said this: "The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance." The United Nations was created to make that journey possible. Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region - and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded...