Word: decentes
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...time I left Holland my chances to make decent movies had been reduced to 10%, I think, because of the effect that these movies had had on the committees that were giving the money. My departure had nothing to do with me being seduced into working in the United States. It was more a flight - and trying not to drown in the sea - to be able to do movies I liked instead of being forced by the Dutch to make movies they liked...
...Harvard. The 40-year old Institute of Politics is the experimental hope for reducing the number of politicians in the world. The IOP, as described by Jason Zenerle of the New Republic, serves as “a sort of halfway house for recently defeated politicians trying to reenter decent society.” This strategy of using rehabilitation to solve the political problem stands in stark contrast to the two ineffective methods that are currently dominant: exile and incarceration...
...thing is clear: ratings seem to coincide with negative backlash. Put simply, those out to cleanse the country’s presumed filthy entertainment-hungry soul aren’t as noble, righteous or decent as they seem. In reality, they’re nothing but capitalistic parasites: they find what’s popular, make waves about how terrible it is—especially for our youth—and then, once that popularity has waned thanks in part to their attacks, they move on to society’s next trendy craze...
...they are attracted is because they've been manipulated for years by mainstream parties, and got nothing in return. We're telling them to affirm their French citizenship, love of country, and their responsibilities to France, and we'll reserve them all the rights and privileges of citizenship - work, decent housing, aid when they need...
...Yumburger and the Chickenjoy. The Yumburger has a weird, plasticky dollop of French dressing in the middle. The crisped-up French fries are dry inside and taste as if they weren't just double fried but dunked in oil four or five times. The fried chicken is halfway decent, but the inflated, happy fakeness of Jollibee makes you feel that the only American its Filipino owners have ever seen is Pamela Anderson...