Word: decently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...draft-age youth. In 1953, a high school junior, I received my "Greetings." It obviously did not matter to anyone that I had just entered this country, could hardly speak English, had already spent five years surviving a war, and, above all, after ten years could finally attend a decent school. No, on reading "The President of the U.S. etc. ..." I did not become furious, nor did I rocket my Volkswagen around the block. The affluent society had not yet given me a chance...
...pains to make it clear that student judgments are entirely personal, and that what one student deplores, another may rave about. As graduate students of Professor Haller's, we would like to redress the balance by stating that we find him a sound, helpful teacher, and a very decent human being who has earned our liking and respect...
...engaged in a shooting war. But I believe precisely the opposite is the case," he said. "It is more appropriate now than ever." McNamara continued, "for it would underscore what our whole purpose is in Vietnam and indeed anywhere in the world where coercion or injustice or lack of decent opportunity still hold away...
Schuylkill is a difficult course because of a 15-degree turn right in the middle. Coach Parker, however, anticipates trouble with the course "as long as the coxswains do a decent...
Francis J. Keaty, president of the newly-formed Association said yesterday that some of the hospital's porters, maids and orderlies take home less than $45 per week. Many of the employees, Keaty said, must work two eight-hour shifts in order to take home a decent day's salary...