Search Details

Word: decently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...First and Second World Wars our actions were justified, McCarthy said, since we were helping to preserve Western democracy from possible destruction. But he added in the present war, we have lost the support of the decent opinion of mankind which we enjoyed in both of the previous major wars...

Author: By Gerald M. Rosberg, | Title: McCarthy Condemns Vietnam War, Urges Limited Troop Withdrawal | 12/1/1966 | See Source »

Scheer wasn't especially committed to converting Easterners. He broke appointments, miffed Kennedy Institute fellows and Mass. PAX members, and seemed most intent on finding some "decent food" so he could finish his restaurants column for Ramparts. And, in the end, he skipped out on several engagements, pronounced Harvard students "too cool" and Harvard "boring," and went drinking with a pal from Ramparts...

Author: By Linda G. Mcveigh, | Title: Robert Scheer | 11/17/1966 | See Source »

...raise the capabilities of men now rejected -- the forgotten third of the manpower force that fails every year to meet the very low standards for service. Compensating for the "failure of the public education system, which has thrown them-out into the economy without the ability to make a decent living, the army should put more of these men through remedial training; it should use them for military purposes, but "incidentally equipping them with the skills and attitudes" necessary for success...

Author: By Richard Blumenthal, | Title: McNamara: Test of Will | 11/15/1966 | See Source »

...excuse for such wanton rampaging, hardly anyone denies that the students have much to be angry about. Facilities are limited and crowded. Underpaid professors are frequently careless and incompetent. Academic standards are often pitifully low. Worst of all, because of India's struggling economy, students despair of getting decent jobs once they graduate. It is the more urgent problem of trying to build the economy that prevents the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from building new educational facilities. Mrs. Gandhi has taken a conciliatory attitude toward the students-which many Indians feel will only breed new outbreaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Majoring in Mayhem | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

Yale has been on the verge of becoming a major Ivy threat this year, but its 16-14 loss to Cornell showed that it is not quite up to the calibre of Harvard or Dartmouth. Twice now, the Elis have faced reasonably decent opponents, and on both occasions a field goal has outdone them. Yale's other defeat was a 17-14 loss to Rutgers...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Harvard Alone Atop Ivy League, Yale Defeated in Closing Minutes | 10/25/1966 | See Source »

Previous | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | Next