Word: decently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...courts. Without doubt, this was a momentous decision in U.S. judicial history. It would set off no violent upheaval in the pattern of city life. But it removed one of the weapons by which segregation is enforced, and would give the Negro an increasingly better chance to make a decent life for himself...
...charge of "P.B.," reprinted from L'Action Catholique in TIME, April 19, that the "costumes generally worn by most girl skaters are frankly indecent," reveals indecent exposure of mind. What decent mind would think of saying that a posture of girl skaters "brings to mind a posture that dogs often use?" . . . P.B. is really indicting the Creator for indecency when he charges that it is indecent to show an uncovered leg in skating or dancing...
...middle of the troubled desert that is Europe today, a scene like a mirage confronts the traveler thirsty for freedom, hope and a decent glass of beer. An hour and a half by plane from pinched and drawn London, a day by train from harrowed, hungry Berlin, he suddenly finds freedom, hope and a very decent glass of rich, light beer-the biggest glass of beer in Europe...
...doings of the U.N. . . . Our reporters who cover the meetings of U.N., or Congress, or the legislature are expected to know the difference between windbags, crooks and statesmen, and to treat them accordingly in all news dispatches ... So long ... as U.N. remains a fraud on the hopes of many decent people, it will be treated...
Prospects for a decent season look relatively bright at this point; but what will happen when an ivy league opponent reaches the local bowling greens is a meet point. Last year's team, while unimpressive in overall performance, managed to finish second in League play. Yale's Frank Quinn was the stopper last year; if the Varsity gets to him in June with the rest of the league safely under its thumb, all may be well...