Word: decorum
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Many of my classmates who answered thequestionnaire we sent out for the Radcliffe 50threunion book wished that Radcliffe had worriedmore about our future than our decorum. Sixty-fourpercent found fault with the almost nonexistentcareer counseling. The main advice that we weregiven at graduation was to take the secretarialcourse given in the summer by the Katherine GibbsSchool in the basement of Fay House. Defying thisindifference to our professional futures, a fewclassmates went to graduate school to becomedoctors, lawyers and academics, but most of usrepaired to the suburbs and became active membersof the PTA. Not until after our children were oldenough...
...sexually-debasing innuendoes in the announcement. We deeply regret that the message was sent out in the first place. But since it has been, we can only respond with an honest statement of our position. We shall insist that the party be conducted with proper decorum and above all with attention to the safety of all participants. The end result of this exchange will be salutary if it fosters discussion on a critically important topic and leads to a safer, more fun-filled party on October...
...Death of Diana: An emotional search for villains seems certain to test the decorum of the French justice system (TIME Daily)... Coverage of the unfolding tragedy is being followed by an extraordinary number of people (TIME Daily) ... From her glorious wedding to the slow disintegration of her marriage, Americans have been fascinated by Diana's every move (People Special...
...guys, welcome back. Hercules is a happy reminder that the genre was once called musical comedy. Directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) could have gone for a decorous retelling of Greek mythology, but a funny thing happened on the way to decorum. They decided to give the musical form what it has sorely lacked: pinwheeling, knockabout...
...definitive work was The Death of General Wolfe, 1770. It was a history painting but recent history, recounting a British victory over the French at the Battle of Quebec only a decade earlier. And it was in "modern," late-18th century dress. It changed the English sense of decorum in heroic commemoration, the idea of what history painting could...