Word: decentered
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...statistics was not surprising: life expectancy for the Egyptian villager at birth is 15 to 20 years. Half the children die before five. An Egyptian reduced the foundation's discoveries to one doleful sentence. "In Egypt," said ex-Minister of Social Affairs Ahmed Hussein Pasha, "the elements of decent life do not exist for the mass of the people, and this is the true measure of our social development...
...shabby barge moored in the Thames. Davidson, a riverman's son and an innocent bystander, happened to be there because his girl Fay lived on the boat. Fay was a big, handsome girl, and when the trial was over, Policeman Lowther courted and married her. Lowther is a decent man, rather long on conscience. He wants to protect his wife, who has never told him what really happened, but he also knows that Davidson has been wronged. The real kick for the reader comes not from the smooth, credible unraveling of the case, but from the tensions that mount...
...Birth of a Nation" has happily been buried by Boston's censor. It's the first decent or sane thing he has ever done. At least give him credit for doing the right thing, if for the wrong reason. You can always see "My Son John.".... Franklin T. Laskin, Yale Law School...
...fact few Cantabridgians know until they take a trip out to the Blue Hills of Canton. From the observatory on top of Great Blue Hill one can see the entire city, and nearby Houghton's Pond proffers succor to weary hikers. A not-too-juicy snack bar, a fairly decent picnic grounds, and mood music from the American Legion band somehow attract hundreds of city-dwellers out to spend a day in the open...
Judge James R. Nolen of the Ware District Court lashed out at the Harvard Law School in a speech delivered Wednesday night, accusing it of "foisting on the American people a philosophy that is neither Christian, American, nor decent...