Word: decorum
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...conventional teacher who took few pains to inspire his students. The bumptious crop of younger Fugitives stimulated him both as poet and teacher. Ransom, say his admirers in the Sewanee Review, did not try to dominate; he attained more enduring effects by the example of his intellectual decorum, the flavor of his conversation, the elegance of his craft...
...fifty to a hundred years, but that it has gathered no cobwebs was shown by the large part of the audience who found trouble restraining from tapping their feet inaudibly on the grass, waving their hands to and fro, or humming partly under their breath. Fielder left classic decorum to the academicians of music, and played with liveliness and humor that did justice to the intention of almost every one of these composers of light concert music. Only the sturdy grandeur of Sibelius' "Finlandia" suffered from the rendition...
...Great Ham stalked into Judge T. Alan Goldsborough's courtroom last Tuesday morning, he suspected something of what was in store for him. Drawn Venetian blinds excluded the sun and gave the oak-paneled chamber the fashionable decorum of a high-class café. It took the judge about 40 minutes to overrule all defense objections and accept the Government's findings of fact. Would Mr. Lewis be permitted to speak? He would, said the judge, and Lewis rose, clutching three typewritten sheets of paper...
...Catholic World summarized the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter: "The hierarchy . . . share the conviction that American political institutions are in advance of those of Europe in helping a man to save his soul. . . ." Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul was more truculent: "An honest ballot and social decorum will do more for God's glory and the salvation of souls than midnight flagellations or Compestellan pilgrimages...
Captain E. D. McMorries, medical officer in command, backed him up. Said Captain McMorries: "The decorum of the institution is paramount...