Word: decently
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...qualities of radio, television and films. Comparable to the U.S.'s National Legion of Decency, which evaluates only films,* the committees will be guided by the Pontifical Commission for Movies, Radio and Television. Vatican officials say the committees will screen news broadcasts, drama and other entertainment and "compel decent programs" by expressing "forcefully" to broadcasters the public's disapproval of "ether indecency...
...vacation to see what the postman had brought. One of the papers carrying his ad, the Washington Post and Times Herald, published its own reply: "The British are archaic. They cling to worn-out practices. They profess to see virtue in . . . training for public service, in honest elections . . . in decent manners, in regard for learning...
Mayor Dilworth even kept an eye peeled for traffic problems, reported pointedly from London that drivers move and stop "promptly on signal, automobiles stay in their proper lanes, and you see no weaving or cutting in or out." Concluded His Honor: "It is just another example of what decent observance of the law, and of regard for one another, can accomplish...
...moonlighter-not counting the 14 million working wives who, in effect, hold two jobs. The practice is increasing so fast that management, doctors, social workers and even columnists advising the lovelorn denounce it. Said a Cleveland union leader: "Moonlighting is morally wrong. We believe a man should get a decent wage for a regular day's work, and if he doesn't, it is our job-and his-to fight...
...picture is gratuitously brutal and malicious, serving no decent purpose. The child will never live it down...