But as students use more — and more elaborate — forms of technology, school officials will need to do a better job of upholding decorum without creating felony prosecutions out of misbehavior that should be handled by parents.
These comments inveigh against the rigid notions of decorum upheld by critics, such as Voltaire, who would not allow kings to be drunkards or senators to be buffoons.
All lawyers have ethical duties to their clients and a general obligation to uphold the reputation and decorum of the profession.
Yes, there is a certain level of decorum to uphold, but we have faith that you can handle these Do's and Don'ts, all while maintaining your authentically professional self.
The Times upholds certain standards of decorum (no profanity, for instance), but the policy around here is generally to let people have their say, as long as comments don't go over the line.
Fifty years ago, Seymour Slive's "Rembrandt and His Critics" analyzed the strong responses to Rembrandt in the name of upholding the norms of classical decorum.
Here, though, she seems to take real pleasure in the recriminations, as though she'd finally found her true calling — and is no longer worried about upholding anyone's notion of sweetness or decorum.
There is an irony in the facade of decency and decorum John McCain worked so hard to uphold crashing down all around him in the most deeply personal way: with colleagues who'd worked at his side for decades refusing to meaningfully hold those besmirching his name and mocking his most traumatic moments to account.
Not only is it possible that the sight of shackles and gags might have a significant effect on the jury's feelings about the defendant, but the use of this technique is itself something of an affront to the very dignity and decorum of judicial proceedings that the judge is seeking to uphold.
Diplomatic decorum was forgotten.
But decorum was maintained.
