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Some states provide good education. They can afford reasonably decent salaries for teachers and reasonably decent school buildings for students. Other states--particularly in the South--simply cannot afford passable education. The national average is low. The result, educationalists say, is that millions of children are getting a lousy break, and our society is suffering...
Thirteen Steps. It had been unseasonably warm in Tokyo, but on the last day it turned cold. The seven were notified of the execution time 15 hours beforehand. Tojo said, jokingly, in English: "Okay, okay." He thanked the prison warden for decent treatment, and said he had been afraid that he would be snatched from bed and executed so quickly that he would not have time to express properly his gratitude to the authorities...
With Schedule I in hand, a tenant began by classifying his apartment. A three-room fifth-floor apartment in a fairly decent neighborhood would be rated as 3-a. With louder street noises, darker corridors and no stair carpeting, it dropped into 3-b. He then classified his rooms: "habitable" (nine square meters or more), "secondary" (at least seven square meters), and "annexes" (baths, toilets, closets). By multiplying this space by coefficients ranging from .6 to 1.0, depending on the classification of his rooms, he arrived at his total area of "useful floor space...
...hockey team in the East-McGill University. When the skating gentlemen from Montreal come down to Boston, they will bring real speed, real finesse, and the best teamwork that Harvard will see this year. Coach Chase has a lot of work to do if he expects a decent showing against the fancy Frenchmen from the north country...
...came here. It could be better. Instead of Six Pine Trees there is only one decent pine tree. I can't find a Thoughtful Spot. People gape at me and say, "There yoy are." They are vulgar. Warn them to stand back...