Word: decorums
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...outcome of the trial, which gripped all Europe, was regarded by the Jews as establishing proof of the horrors perpetrated against their co-religionists in the Ukraine under the dictatorship of Simon Petlura; radical opinion rejoiced, but the conservatives saw justice flouted and the decorum of the French courts immeasurably impaired...
...time. According to Senor Calles, he forbore to act in the hope that the plotters would renounce their treasonable intentions. He admits that he could have prevented the rising, but did not act out of a desire "not to cast doubt on the members of the army whose decorum I was eager to save...
...writer, "whether born in London or Indianapolis." Readers looked for some tranquil, mildly effeminate tale, perhaps modeled on those of Edith Wharton. They were surprised on scanning the first installment of Jalna to discover a robust and brawny fiction, crowded with characters energetically alive, scampering into unexpected breaches of decorum. More than that, this book is one of the few important literary works which has come out of Canada in many a year. The central figure of the story,. Alayne, a participant of a more effete civilization, shares the reader's interest and bewilderment at the gnarled fibrous character...
...parchment paper and will be about the size and general appearance of college diplomas. The members of this pioneer tour can then frame their tickets and keep them as souvenirs. A special sticker for the handbags of the flying tourists is also being prepared in orange and black. . . ." Decorum. Precise advice: "Don't worry. Relax, settle back and enjoy life. If there's any worrying to be done let the pilot do it: that's what he's hired for. . . . Take the turns naturally with the plane. Don't try to hold the lower wing...
Especially is this true of the donor. With the decorum of true philanthropy, George F. Baker has allowed this monument to rise, has cooperated with Harvard in what to many still remain an educational novelty, but to the serious and sincere few is a significant advance in that ill charted march, made by that misunderstood plodder, education...