decency

I know you don't like him, but at least have the decency to be polite to him in public.

Developers with even a bit of decency have pushed back or even left projects over this sort of behavior.

"I thought he would show some more human decency in admitting he made a mistake, " he said Monday. "We didn't really see that. "

She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?

"Jesus, Tommy, " I said, feeling I had to say something, out of common decency.

I accepted that all above me was all that was fine and noble and gracious, all that gave decency and dignity to life.

He was shrewd after his kind, and yet there was enough decency in the man to stop him from making any effectual protest.

Arthur: But to be a man, is to have the heart of man. Integrity, decency , sympathy.

It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans.

Perhaps he had decided that they had no future together. But surely he would have the decency to tell her to her face.

I can see clothes of silk, if materials that do not hide the body, nor even one's decency, can be called clothes.

Since she is your aunt by law, it would be only common decency to ask her to the wedding.

To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.

They are just a nod to public decency, a frilly piece of tokenism that first emerged in Thirties strip clubs.

Seriously, the only saving grace of this film is that the directors had the decency to put hot chicks in front of the camera.

Even more than Obama's intelligence and personal charm, what sealed Michelle's love for him was his sense of decency and compassion.

It violates Chinese ideas of propriety, not to say of decency, in a great variety of ways.

On the contrary, the better his reputation for integrity, honesty, and decency, the better is chances of victory will be in the long run.

but as a human being, you simply cannot do so and retain any sort of basicsanity or decency.

We admire decency and we despise death but even the mountains seem to shift in the space of a night.

She was never on a leadership position. But her decency ideas, kindness and sound people skill will make her a good leader.

I have nothing but admiration for the dignity and decency displayed by the Japanese in dealing with this catastrophe.

He and his hind are the only representatives of decency combined with intelligence.

He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would have the decency to restrain himself.

Great country, decency and prosperous, at a time of peace and harmonious happy.

a world, which others can dominate with impunity, would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well- being of all people.

In this new decade, it's time the American people get a government that matches their decency; that embodies their strength.

And those who were so traitorous as not to believe should, at least, have the decency to keep their mouths shut.

"There's a core decency to the American people that doesn't get enough attention, " he said.

You'd think he'd have the common decency to apologize for what he said.

The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.

Well, hopefully they'll have the decency to call in sick and stop spreading the illness further.

Decency, Tsotsi. You know the word?

In the end, all the world's wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.

And all of this would have pleased Dr. King. -He had great faith in the fairness and decency of the American people.

He was a man of decency and good judgment.

He: If a sense of decency, emotional specificity, love life. Sincerely want to be a family man, please contact me.

A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.

It is one of their most fundamental responsibilities to impart to their children the values of integrity, decency, and respect for others.

Persons may also be called upon to exhibit qualities of decency which go above and beyond merely respecting others' rights.

Since he and his kind are the only representatives of decency comblined with wisdom.

It is long past time for Obama to plant himself in the camp of fairness, decency, and honor.

This book argues that the drive for excessive profits is pushing aside honesty and decency in business transactions.

This decency provokes Van to send a birthday gift of tin soldiers to the son of his commander, General MacArthur.

of losing touch with honesty and decency. Give some reasons for such a breakdown.

He recounts the decency and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety of the age in which his youth was passed.

Such conduct will be looked down upon by all with a sense of decency.

But the top tier of government has at least displayed a basic human decency that is conspicuously absent in neighbouring Burma.

In a movie that's carefully structured to balance the anguish with some hope, the main voice of decency and humanity belongs to Gene.

The press is overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and of decency.

have good professional personal integrity, decency have the responsibility, enthusiastic education career.

It is one of parents' most fundamental responsibilities to impart to their children the value of integrity, decency, and respect for others.

The product boasts strong Chinese characteristics and carries forward the Olympic culture, showcasing beautiful appearance and decency.

Both thought that decency (a favourite word of Orwell's) was to be found elsewhere.

They can admire the essential decency that has led him to devote much of his time to finding charitable ways to spend his money.

Zuckerman praised David's "gentle decency" and the "range of his public interests. "

In a testament to most people's basic decency, bribe-takers and bribe-payers have developed an elaborate theatre of dissimulation.

"Ah--" Mrs. Archer murmured, in a tone that implied: "She had that decency. "

It was not a matter of empire but a matter of decency.

By the lights of my experience over the past three months, in most of America, the default temperament is decency.

Relocating monuments to neutral locations, preferably with proper consultation, no haste, and all due decency, is one thing.

The volunteers of our military are unrelenting in battle, unwavering in loyalty, unmatched in honor and decency.

The case is the latest in a series of incidents over recent years in which westerners have broken Dubai's strict decency laws.

A severe offense to one's sense of propriety or decency; an outrage.

These adjectives apply to what is offensive to accepted standards of decency, propriety, morality, or good taste.

In the U. S. , Google would also have benefited from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA).

Initiative to greet him at the meeting to pay tribute to those who recruited, called decency.

But despite the attention attracted by Hussein's arrest and subsequent trial, she wasn't able to change Sudanese public decency laws.

Our similar efforts were lavished on making our girls look exquisitely distressed, bearing in mind their warmth and decency, of course.

But, for now, let's celebrate. This was a big day, a victory for due process, decency and the American people.

The men and women gathered before me took an oath to defend America -- and you upheld that oath with honor, and decency, and valor.

Such imports are channelled through state-run distributors, which China argues is necessary to protect public decency and culture.

I have always endeavoured to do my job with passion, decency and integrity, and I believe I am leaving a strong legacy for the future.

She pities him, and prefers him to credit, decency, and every social duty.

Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency.

Having or exhibiting no sense of propriety or decency.

Though for the sake of decency I had to offer it to her also.

Yahoo! Southeast Asia hopes that each of the users maintains a conduct of integrity, decency and respect.

For twenty centuries men have striven to give decency to Greek insolence and naivete, to diminish the flesh and complicate dress.

They're not falling-down stupid; they radiate the subtler variety of idiocy that can be mistaken for charm, decency or even brilliance.

We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people, who have made the grief of strangers their own.

Honest and reliable, decency, team cooperation ability is good, strong responsibility.

He has no decency, no discipline.

government ordered the promotion of old decency and propriety, and the new juvenile shouting 'Down with cultural invasion '!

They were the moneyed id in action, blind to social reality and simple human decency.

Those dastardly Joneses do not have the decency to stay in place, and as they climb the ladder, we must climb also.

Not to neglect decency , or cleanliness , for fear of falling into Nastiness .

manners; politeness; civility; courtesy; decency; propriety Lacking social grace or graciousness; rude.

Mrs. Dalton, trying to grope her way toward a sense of decency, wanted him to go to school and learn a trade.

We the residents of decency, elegant manners, language, civilization and hospitality.

But in some countries, outdated statutes still recognize offenses like "conspiracy to corrupt public morals" or "outraging public decency. "

Women grab their crotches, too. We just have the decency to do it in private.

Our reputation in the world is diminished , our economy has languished , and civility and common decency in government have perished .

Offences affecting the public health, safety, decency and morals.

Its many frank references to nudity and sexuality offended nineteenth-century notions of decency.

In other words, it's just bad business. Doesn't everyone in your workforce deserve to be treated with common decency?

Then I argued for Al Gore, emphasizing his strong convictions, good ideas, understanding of the future, and fundamental decency.

It shows that we care about the definitions of morality and decency, definitions that should shape our future.

We must constantly increase the pay of the labourers, so as to let them work with decency.

These actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency.

They rely on other people's decency and self-restraint to sustain their psychological dominance.

I know you didn't like him, but at least have the decency to go to his funeral.

"One motivation for women's empowerment is basic fairness and decency, " said Zoellick.

He didn't have the decency to apologize 4. I feel no remorse for what I've done.

I believe in God, and I believe in human decency.

The policy contravenes international law and common precepts of decency.

Appearing naked in public is an offence against decency.

The terrorists oppose every principle of humanity and decency that we hold dear.

The persecution of gays and lesbians is a violation of human rights and an affront to human decency, and it must end.

Can I respect another's rights and still be falling short of the standards of decency?

People who sexually harass others are contemptible of common decency. . .

Pure white chrysanthemums to the people a sense of decency.

These acts are an affront to all standards of human decency and international law.

is a show of decency . - let me go.

Have the decency to(ie Be polite and)apologize for what you did!

Unless he opens up more, many voters will never know the experiences of his life that show his character, integrity and essential decency.

The third big achievement, alongside democracy and prosperity, isthepartial restoration of public-spiritedness, trust, decency and kindness.

You should have the decency to inform your manager what was planned.

She had the decency to admit her error.

This violence is directed not only against our coalition, but against anyone in Iraq who stands for decency, and freedom and progress.

He acts with due decency while preserving sound judgment (the musical never got made).

To offend grossly against(standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.

Be quiet, don't speak to me, you have shamed me enough, have the decency to be quiet.

We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of stranges their own.

Your relationship with those you supervise should set an example of decency, fairness and integrity in dealing with others.

is a return to sweetness and decency in the souls of its young men and.

Sheldon: This affront to justice and decency cannot go unanswered.

Ideally, we should adopt a voluntary spirit of civic decency, and intelligent new forms of incentives that punish as well as reward.

But political decency will probably delay his return until next year.

There are three reasons to doubt the rosy view of Mr Musharraf as a valiant standard-bearer for liberal, secular decency.

We are grateful for their skill and courage, and for their acts of decency, which have shown America's character to the world.

There is no sense without decency. Want of decency is want of sense.

The patterns of human history mix decency and depravity in equal measure.

Or coal-based ink colors dark and calm, black has become a symbol of decency and dignity.

That's none such an entirely bad little man with the red head, he has some spunks of decency.

They showed a shameless disrespect for human rights and the norms of human decency.

In the meantime, encourage all family members to treat each other with decency and respect.

There are probably even some rules on 'criminal neglect' that cover this area. Or we could just call it 'common decency'.

An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.

Justice Harry Blackmun dissented. "I believe it contrary to any standard of decency to execute someone who is actually innocent, " he wrote.

What the world needs is a return to sweetness and decency in the souls of its young men and.

That a simple act of decency has become so heroic speaks volumes about the present state of Russia.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

However, she understood a basic rule of decency in dating.

To spit in the street is an offense against decency.

It's only common decency to let her know what's happening.

The IWF's blacklist is used by the vast majority of British Internet service providers to maintain decency standards for their subscribers.

Of course, there are a lot of things we should do out of basic human decency that often go undone.

So WE THE PEOPLE must provide a safety net for each other. It is simple decency, not to mention justice.

Do people not even have the decency to include the o?

Edward Glaeser I believe in the presumption of decency.

I adore the guy, I adore where he comes from, and that is a place where honesty and decency mean everything.

on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.

They pose as man and wife for decency's sake .

He still retains a spark of decency.

If it come from on high, with what decency do you fret and fume because it is not paid for in heavy cash?

This identity, he says, should consist of shared values such as decency, tolerance, fair play and the rule of law.

This is because in the final recourse to explore, she found "love" cover East and West, and even a "decency" , .

Let DECENCY be all thy Pride.

Have some decency, stop clowning around.

He says that Colombians want "decency" and that they see in him "someone who is good" .

Have some decency, don't fire me in front of my wife.

What is wrong with having decency and humility in our lives?

In this paper, only the language of the start of decency, for example analysis.

Don't you have any shame, any sense of decency, you fat fuck?

Have you no sense of decency?

the intrinsic decency of the common man, regardless of everyfailure to live up to his own promise

In acts of courage and decency, they defended a simple precept: I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.

Does "basic decency" require us to do more once they cross the border into our country?

at least he had the decency to be forthcoming about it

Ellipsis of the Subject in Japanese and the Realization of Its Decency

Decency and Culture Introduction in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Fairness and Decency of Cadres in Organizing and Personnel Matters Department in College

Internal Strictness: An Important Guarantee of Fairness and Decency

Britain beer trademarks are known for their decency, black preferred for representation of British gentleman style;

A contrast between Wang Gen and Wang Yangming on philosophy of decency

To behave amorously without serious intent flirt: decency

It's an offence against decency to disturb your sleeping

uncounted, un-honored acts of decency

A woman can not be decent, whose decency is just because the temptation is not strong enough;

To catch our flag of integrity and decency

Like you, I was forced to learn there are those without decency. . who must be fought without hesitation, without pity

Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency

at long last , have you left no sense of decency

That is the fortitude and decency of sandalwood,

So I thought you'd have the decency to change