Khan had clearly coped well with the move up to the light-welter division and his acquired knowledge of the sometimes not-so noble art was emphasised by the South African referee Stanley Christodoulou having to warn him, first for a low blow and then the old pros trick of using the elbow.
Another old friend, Dwight McKee of Chicago, sees noble and not-so-noble motives propelling Mr. Sharpton in this quest.
But labor leaders insist that there is a not-so-noble reason behind right to work – to hobble unions.
The hearing -- while displaying a fair share of high-brow debate -- also frequently broke down into nasty and not-so-noble squabbles, with the sergeant-at-arms escorting one term limits supporter out of the room after she disrupted the hearing to voice her protest.
But the broader accusation that Mr. Chagnon has slandered the Yanomami by presenting them as not-so-noble savages will not be resolved so easily -- for anthropologists' judgments of Mr. Chagnon's fieldwork often have as much to do with ideology as evidence.
These guys are not the bad guys, but they're not always so noble, either.
Most of Miller's female characters seem to be part of the same dichotomy: they are either interesting screechers — think of the female hysterics in "The Crucible" — or not so interesting noble wives and mothers.
It's a beautifully acted and affecting scene – but the truth was not quite so noble.
Unfortunately, the modern face of gambling is not quite so noble or patriotic, often involving working-class Australians feeding their meagre earnings into electronic poker machines, or "pokies".
If you try to weasel out of your obligations to citizens, especially those who are among the less privileged members of society, it does not sound so noble or even morally acceptable as bloodlessly "reducing entitlements".
