Word: decorum
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...deserves to be called high Harlequin. Irons and Binoche get into this spirit with their scenes of sexual gymnastics, some of which stretch the laws of physics. But playwright David Hare (Plenty) is more interested in the contortions decent people put themselves through to follow their obsessions while maintaining decorum. Irons has wonderful command of that flummoxed look that seizes the spirit of powerful men who can't understand how they lost control of their life. And Binoche has the lure of mystery in her fine features; she is every faraway land the British ever hoped, against hope, to conquer...
...They see an attempted murderer and a rapist, and they don't want people like that out of jail early.There's a seething undercurrent out there of people who are simply fed up with the intolerance of people on the left for people who wish to have decency and decorum in life...
...Constitution protects strong speech, and it's doing so this year more aggressively than ever. The Supreme Court has just downgraded cross burnings to the level of bonfires and ruled that it's no crime to throw around verbal grenades like "nigger" and "kike." Where are the defenders of decorum and social stability when prime-time demagogues like Howard Stern deride African Americans as "spear chuckers...
Just one question. What, exactly, is "the measure of decorum that is appropriate for a non-resident tutor"? Noel is a very passionate man, and this quality makes him an outstanding tutorial leader, one who is not afraid to express his opinion...
...Ignatiev cannot maintain the measure of decorum that is appropriate for a non-resident tutor, he should resign. Jol A. Silversmith...