Word: decently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Leninist of the Right-the conservative who has fortified his position in a revolutionary world by mastering the theory and tactics of the revolution. Since 1941 Edward Hallett Carr has been one of the chief editorial writers of the London Times. He brings to the task of planning a decent, lasting peace the practical experience of 20 years in the thick of British diplomacy and statecraft...
...spare rooms were let; cots filled the City Hall, an old movie house, a dance hall, hotel corridors. The once quiet, orderly town nearly went mad. Buses were so jammed that sometimes drivers had to threaten unruly crowds with wrenches in order to make them let passengers out. Decent bars became clamorous dives. Honest citizens dared not let their daughters go out after dark. More policemen were hired but holdups and disorders mounted. Staid, tradition-loving Geneva felt its life was ruined. Everybody was miserable...
...Honest Tony" Eden and earnest Eduard Benes were the pallbearers, and there were two requiems: one by Eden in the House of Commons, one by Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk via radio to his countrymen. Thus was decent burial finally provided for a smelly old corpse, the Munich Agreement...
...citizens of Richmond want this war won as quickly as is humanly possible. We want a decent peace afterward. We want America after victory to play a great role in promoting world brotherhood, welfare and freedom...
...while it looked as if Boston was going to enjoy the greatest season of jazz in its history. Last week the decline set in. Of the two remaining places where you could douse yourself in decent jazz, the Ken was sold and its policy changed, and the Savoy announced that it would move...