The Oxford English Dictionary definition of "skim" is to "take scum from surface of", and it's used here to pour scorn on decent weeklies where several reporters take pride in being close to readers.
The numbers for "Jane Eyre" have been decent so far: weekly box office figures ranged from about $275,000 to $375,000 during previews.
A passage in Auden I read before lunch has convinced me to spend the weekend on other pursuits: …when what mother said seems Such darling rubbish and the decent advice Of the liberal weeklies as lost an art As peasant pottery, for plainly it is not To the Cross or to Clarté or to Common Sense Our passions pray but to primitive totems As absurd as they are savage….
A passage in Auden I read before lunch has convinced me to spend the weekend on other pursuits: …when what mother said seems Such darling rubbish and the decent advice Of the liberal weeklies as lost an art As peasant pottery, for plainly it is not To the Cross or to Clarté or to Common Sense Our passions pray but to primitive totems As absurd as they are savage...
Although Advance Publications is privately held, information released by Conde Nast the last three years and the little public data available suggest that The New Yorker, which is published weekly, has had a decent run under Mr. Carey.
"The police and the CPS are dragging the names of decent, honest, innocent people through the dirt on a weekly basis," wrote one Telegraph columnist.
The show had gone into opening night in fairly decent financial shape, with an advance of $8 million and weekly sales during previews that usually topped $700,000.
Restaurants and bars often have weekly specials and theme nights that offer decent prices and interesting cuisines.
The best songs get played on a weekly segment on Sydney's FBI radio station, and Heaps Decent have fostered the talent of several young artists who have gone onto greater success.
"Retailers have a decent amount of inventory that is under-performing," said Mr. Taylor He said that average weekly sales of hardware had "flat-lined" since July, leading to lower expectations for software sales.
