Word: decorums
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Communist Max Reimann, leader of a bloc of only 15 votes in the Bundestag's 402, joined in the melee. When he described the Oder-Neisse line as the "boundary of peace," all parliamentary decorum disappeared. As the delegates raged against Reimann, two men in dirty, torn, Wehrmacht greatcoats, P.W.s just released by Russia, shoved their way into the chamber and yelled: "No home, nothing to eat, and then we have to listen to this Red gaff!" Communists charged a "provocation." Said one Christian Democrat delegate gloomily: "It's a good thing we still have an Occupation Statute...
...Miguel de Allende, 150 miles northwest of Mexico City, its cheap, comfortable living and picturesque setting got it wide publicity as a G.I. students' paradise (TIME, March 29, 1948). Over 100 U.S. veterans have flocked south to enroll. But during the past year, San Miguel's sleepy decorum has been shattered by one ruckus after another. Last week the school had more trouble than it could handle...
...Maxim's in the days when Offenbach's music set the pace for Parisian gaiety. As Mademoiselle Fifi, Princess Margaret and seven of her friends turned the embassy party into a show that would have delighted Edward's eye if not his sense of royal decorum...
...secretaries were not at all pleased by a list of "ten commandments" drawn up by a panel of businessmen. Samples: "Keep the tired businessman's pills straight. Dress with decorum, not decollete; the boss wants to keep his mind on his work. Correct the boss's grammar and spelling, but do it tactfully. Take messages that won't need the decoding of a top secret. When the boss's wife calls, be diplomatic. Be compatible, but not too compatible...
...Something regarded as unthinkable to any person of decorum. Wrote one turn-of-the-century authority with stiff finality: "No person familiar with Yale customs ever thinks of speaking to an undergraduate member even in the most indirect manner about his society or either of the others. To do so intentionally would be a serious affront...