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Word: decentes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russia shoot its Luniks. Two-thirds of the Soviet people don't even know what a decent outhouse looks like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 2, 1959 | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...room to Baylor and his Negro teammates, Ed Fleming and Alex ("Boo") Ellis. Angrily, the whole squad stalked out, registered at a Negro motel. "They were not even polite at the hotel,'' Baylor fumed. "They told us we couldn't even get in a halfway decent restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Southern Hospitality | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...professedly democratic rebel movement gave elections a low priority-18 months from now, or perhaps two years. Urrutia vowed that rampant prostitution, a symbol of Batista corruption, would be wiped out. When warned that this might hurt tourism, he answered that Cuba will attract U.S. visitors "by more decent means-sports, for instance." Castro said that the gambling casinos would be reopened, for tourists only, and "the profits will go to the people." The ban on liquor sales stayed in effect until week's end, but reformist zeal could not entirely suppress the Cuban love of life. As tension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Jubilation & Revenge | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...Bruins have decent reserve strength, including three men who measure over 6 ft., 4 in. Their biggest weakness is defense, which is usually...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Varsity Five Takes Sixth Place In Springfield Invitation Tourney | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

With four brand-new schools opened this term, Sarasota is sure it can top any community in the U.S. in school architecture. But for Yankee Hiss, biggest kick was to see truancy drastically cut. Says he proudly: "That's one happy result of decent architecture-the kids actually enjoy going to school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sarasota Success Story | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

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