Word: decorums
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...from the ashes and rubble of 1945. Tokyo, Japan's capital since 1868, was before World War II a sort of oriental Washington, D.C. Officially, only a limited number of nightclubs were permitted in the capital, and the sword-swinging prewar Japanese police force saw to it that decorum was the order of the day as well as the night. Now all this has changed. In twelve feverish, prosperous postwar years, Tokyo has had an explosive growth. Not only is it now the new Shanghai of the Far East, but it has also overtaken New York and London...
Menderes immediately introduced a bill restoring the lost province. Then his budget sailed through-opposed by Inonu's followers, but with such decorum and restraint as the Assembly had not witnessed in years. Last week, at a party congress in Izmir, Inonu saluted Menderes' pledge as "the beginning of a new political era in Turkey." Inonu set out politely but firmly the terms on which the party of the late great Kemal Ataturk would back "Mr. Menderes' announced policy of political peace": 1) removal of political pressure on the courts; 2) freeing of the press from restrictive...
...Salem, N.C. was started by the Moravians in 1766. All such Moravian settlements were patterned after Herrnhut-all land and commercial enterprise was owned by the church; single men, single women and widows were housed apart. Last week the 55,000 U.S. Moravians (world membership: 300,000) celebrated in decorum and hope, gathered to commemorate their long history with long speeches, their Protestant fervor with prayer. President Eisenhower sent a message ("a vigorous spirit expressed in the sound and good work of the Moravian Church"). So did Dr. Albert Schweitzer from the jungles of Africa. Communicants poured into churches (standing...
...wooly welcome from adoring teen-age fans. Ray, a veteran of Down-Under tours, sagged in a chair at Sydney's airport following a grating big hello from kids who smashed down barricades to get at him. Ripped: his shirt and coat. Lost: his tie, hanky and decorum...
...Advocate has always prided itself on its celebrity parties, but the presence of its noted guests (Ann Sheridan, Elizabeth Taylor, Gertrude Stein, and the Ballet Russe) has not prevented many of them from becoming quite wild. At parties for T.S. Eliot, of course, decorum has always prevailed, the atmosphere being more sentimental than sensual. But there was an entirely different air about the Elizabeth Taylor party. And the Dylan Thomas party was notable for the number of people who were thrown downstairs...