Word: properness
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McGrath Lewis said the office would comply with any government request made through proper channels...
...that the way he’s handled this, he could’ve easily turned negative, but he’s definitely done more than a good job just keeping the situation alive. … I think that he’s definitely made… the proper decisions. And he’s had to make a lot of them. And I definitely respect all his decisions...
...caste, Willie’s father becomes a sadhu, or ascetic holy man. By chance, the English writer W. Somerset Maugham meets him while researching The Razor’s Edge. Maugham’s influence on Willie’s father is strong enough that, once a proper wife is found, the son gets Maugham’s first and middle names. The wife—Willie’s mother—is ugly, hideous and low-caste, another way in which his father debases himself and spites his family...
...primary reason why the libraries shut their doors at 1 a.m. is the financial burden associated with staffing a library system that is open 24 hours a day. There is also the issue of setting aside time for the maintenance of facilities and buildings in order to create a proper environment for studying. Starting a couple of years ago, however, in an effort to experiment with such an idea, Cabot library was chosen to operate on a 24-hour schedule for the last few weeks of reading period. This has been successful, but studies indicate that without the pressures...
...poster described proper dress as “business attire...