Word: decently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...manner in which Rouault's paintings were first exhibited is diametrically opposed to decent aesthetic standards; a work of art has no functional value when--as was the case Monday night--it occupies a forgotten place on the wall of a room containing some of the finest stuffed shirts in the community. "How like Cezanne," they exclaim, as they bob up and down within their protective layers of starch. Perhaps the following quotations will better illustrate my point. The first two are from the remarkably fine catalogue which accompanied the exhibit. Writing of Rouault, the author states, "he would arrive...
There was little for Britons to do but evacuate. One of the young Legation men summed up many British defeats when he said: "If this turns out to be a virtual occupation, it would be hardly decent for us to stay...
...have always considered America my second home land.* I have always known the American people as a good and decent people, so it grieves me to realize that today America is the most unprogressive nation on earth. ... It is nice for the United States to say that we must settle everything peacefully, but if we wait for America we must perish in the years of waiting. So I say to America: Now is the time for action, and Japan will not hesitate when its hour arrives...
Poetry and politics do not seem like strangers to each other in Wheelwright's book, because its author had no doubt whatever that political freedom and verbal truth are the interrelated objectives of every wide-awake, decent man on earth. Political Self-Portrait is a kind of rebel's hornbook, full of references to the doctrines and deeds of those who Wheelwright felt have most signally helped-and hindered-truth-telling and liberty. On the angels' side, among others, are Prometheus, Jesus Christ, and the old Rev. John. On the other side may be found Cain, Stalin...
...star notwithstanding, Ronald Colman manages to get in his familiar heroic touch. Whether is Shangri-La or Greenwich Village, he remains always the debonair adventurer with poetry in his words and visions in his eyes. "Lucky Partners" isn't one of his epics, but it does reach a decent level...