Word: decorum
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...begin to play with them; a woman pops the one in front of her, another tries to gather them in her arms. In “Black and White,” the U.S. premiere of five ballets choreographed by Jirí Kylián between 1986 and 1991, decorum is literally cast off and left excavated on the stage like a mask behind which no face appears. Variations of an elaborate, rigid 18th century dress appear in each of the five ballets: “No More Play,” “Petite Mort...
...voluntarily absented himself from the proceedings may elect to be present at any future session of the commission. Following such an election, at the accused's first renewed presence at the proceedings, the military judge may conduct such inquiry as may be necessary in the interests of decorum and the integrity of the proceedings...
...Sumo, which involves two wrestlers trying to force another either out of a circular ring or else to touch the ground with some body part other than the soles of their feet, is a uniquely Japanese tradition, steeped in shinto ritual and courtly decorum. The rikishi are required to live communally in "training stables," where all aspects of their lives, from nutrition to attire, are strictly regulated. Marijuana may not exactly be a performance-enhancing aid to the martial artist, but its recreational use certainly shatters the image of a cadre of professional fighters viewed as bearers of a centuries...
...Foster was facing ruin, he appears to have retained to the end a veneer of decorum befitting an English gentleman. In interviews with the Telegraph and other papers, his neighbors were shocked to learn that Foster was in financial trouble at all. They described a genial man besotted with his family and his daughter, Kirstie, whose smiling picture has run across front pages alongside images of the charred ruins of her house. Friends have remembered her as a vibrant girl who loved her three horses, Scrumpy Jack, Breezy and Bramble, all now dead...
...columnist Adam Goldenberg ’08, made no apologies for his “political, even partisan stance” of urging President Faust to declaim against DADT at the commissioning ceremony. The military’s discriminatory policy, to Goldenberg, clearly overrides any respect for prudence or decorum. Evidently, the slightest support of ROTC without an accompanying jeremiad against DADT signifies complicity in oppression...