Word: decently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...very necessary and credible patriotic angle, it is fairly easy to see why most women would reply to requests for enlistments in the forces with alacrity. Try flashing a few bills in a girl's face. Doesn't she dash like mad to the closest half-decent dress shop? (Or are Madame's skirts being rationed to an unholy degree?) By the same token, the prospect of wearing a bright new uniform at no cost, or at a moderate fee to one's self, looms nicely in a girl's mind...
...Behrman rust. They also enliven the evening with a series of vaudeville acts. Actor Lunt dances, does magician's tricks, fakes tightrope walking. Actress Fontanne goes into a trance, does half a striptease. Two other characters indulge in a crap game. In view of all this, perhaps a decent script would be an intrusion...
...powers-that-be, I think that one of the networks should give Mildred an exclusive fifteen minute sustaining program, preferably with Teddy Wilson's small Cafe Society band. Certainly when a pseudo-jazz program like "Chamber Music of Basin Street" can build up a tremendous following, a little decent jazz ought to get along. The beauty of the Bailey-Wilson combination, especially, is that you needn't be an ardent swing addict to appreciate and enjoy their music...
...Nazi cop hove in sight. Artist Hélion immediately went up to him and asked him the time. Asked the cop: "What are you doing in a forbidden area?" Said Hélion: "I'm a worker imported from Antwerp." He added: "Where can I get a decent glass of beer?" The cop directed him to his favorite bar. With German money obtained from secret sources Hélion got to Berlin. There, Hélion spent most of the day in Berlin's largest department store...
RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECENT BEHAVIOR-George Washington-Putnam...