David Petraeus has made this a special Veterans Day for America, with the revelation that he and his biographer have, for the past year or so, been executing a pretty decent "clear-hold-build" strategy in his crotch, but the surge seems to have failed, because now we all know about it.
But they all somehow found support for their particular bouquet of moral and political values in Orwell's writings, which have been universally praised as "honest," "decent," and "clear".
With numbers in the upper 40s, Deal has a decent chance to clear that threshold -- unless libertarian Andrew Hunt pulls more of the vote than expected.
For $10 you can get a decent pair of clear lens glasses (for that cool nerd look) or a good pair of stunners.
There is something to be said for clear responsibilities, decent paychecks and hauling your own excess weeds to the dump.
Whenever he sprayed a tee shot into the rough, he almost always found a decent lie, with a clear view to the green.
If Democrats nominate Mr. Klein, and Republicans go for Mr. Fleming, voters in the old Velella district will have a clear and decent choice for the general election in November.
102 mins: Kolo Touré, who has had an excellent game in the middle of the Ivorian defence, rises high to clear another decent cross from Wahab. 100 mins: Another wonderful save, this time by Egypt's El Hadary!
All they need to do now is raise their numbers ten-fold, spread to 100 major cities, find some decent leaders and a clear programme and negotiate the regime's surrender: then 2012 could be the year that Russia exorcises the Chekist curse.
Would you rather be the Atlanta Hawks — a decent team with a clear ceiling for success — or the Minnesota Timberwolves that built through the draft and now has a player in Karl-Anthony Towns who may be the best big man of his generation (and the last one)?
