Word: decorum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Joseph Russin '64 said the committee should ask for clarification of the purpose of parietal rules. "There is confusion as to whether the regulations are an attempt to enforce moral standards, or whether they are social rules to keep order and decorum in the Houses," he said...
...government witness testified that on Awolowo's instructions he had carried a check to purchase arms in Ghana. Police claimed that they had dug up four cartridges hidden in Awolowo's backyard. Although conducted with grave decorum, the trial had its interruptions. One prosecution witness complained that some of the accused in the dock were giving him the juju version of the evil eye-a wink...
...power in December. After all, six of the seven "judges" were members of the National Assembly that Dia had tried to dissolve by force during the abortive coup. They just might be a little prejudiced. But when the proceedings began, the court was careful to observe all the flowery decorum of Gallic justice. The presiding judge was resplendent in ermine-trimmed long red robes, and sat listening with calm dignity. Moreover, Dia was not even charged with "plotting," only with the more vague "acting against the internal security of the state." Taking the floor in his defense, Dia argued that...
...learns is the so-called rule of congressional courtesy. Bluntly stated, these rules and precedents make it virtually impossible to criticize the conduct of another member of this body. These rules have probably prevented duels, fist fights and other breaches of gentlemanly conduct which would have reflected on the decorum of the House. Undoubtedly, some lives have been saved because of a remark that was never made on this floor. Outbursts of temper have probably been kept to a minimum...
...statute of the British naval regulations of 1797 prescribed that no officer of Her Majesty's armada could wear a beard. It is a shock, indeed, to view Peter Ustinov with a clean-shaven countenance. Yet Mr. Ustinov's eventual victory in his battle against eighteenth century decorum must indicate the decline of Britain and her navy; the multi-talented Ustinov--producer, director, co-writer, and star of Billy Budd--completely dominates this ambitious production of Melville's novel...