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Word: decently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enough to make a decent Irishman gag. There she sat, "the ould bitch," on the lawn of Leinster House itself, right in front of the main entrance to the Dail; and there she had been sitting for 41 years. Even worse than the statue of Victoria was the tablet underneath, inscribed from the old Queen's loyal "Irish subjects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Exit Victoria | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...estate, had sold the stock to pay estate taxes. He had not foreseen the dividend slash (it was forced by a rise in Canada's cost-of-living index, to which the company's wage scale is tied). Obviously, said Michel, after what had happened the decent thing was to take back the stock. That was just what he had done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Lots | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...officially celebrated early in June in hope of decent weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Guarding the Color | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

...voice had the gently feminine tone of a bent gong. "I'm looking for just one thing-money, money, money." She hadn't expected to attract so much attention, and she hoped it wouldn't embarrass her parents (with whom her children live). She favored a "decent type" for a husband, someone "not too old." And in a hurry. She had enough money to last about a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dorothy & George Something | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...Back." Reuther seemed disturbed by the course of national politics. He was afraid "a lot of decent guys" would vote for Henry Wallace if the Democrats renominated President Harry Truman. He said he thought it tragic that Truman had inherited the presidency "at a time when the world needs great leadership." He believed Supreme Court Justice William Douglas could be elected, that labor could back him with a vast campaign if he were nominated by the Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The White Ceiling | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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