decentness

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Managing Editor Rick Stengel praised Ignatius for "his sharp story sense, his encyclopedic knowledge that spanned everything from international affairs to popular culture ... and his decentness and good humor."

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  • Managing Editor Rick Stengel praised Ignatius for "his sharp story sense, his encyclopedic knowledge that spanned everything from international affairs to popular culture ... and his decentness and good humor." —  mediabistro.com: Media News
  • With the eruption of the running game last week, the rookie's struggles and Oakland's decentness against the pass (allowing an 83.4 QB rating), it might be a handoff-a-thon.
  • Your Cursed Carelessness & slovenlyness about your own Body and your dress Nothing going on but drinking Calybogus Schewing Tobacco & playing Cards in place of that decentness & Cleanliness that all Gentlemen who has the least Regard for themselves & Character must & does observe. —  An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America
 

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