Mr Abbas is a decent man whom the Americans, and the Israelis, can work with.
Referring to Mr Entwistle, Lord Patten said he refused to "trash a decent man" who had been "overwhelmed" by events.
The judge described him as "a decent man" but added that he suffered from "depression, stress and a serious lack of confidence".
For many Americans, only an explicit disavowal of his past support for such theories would signal that he is a decent man worth dealing with.
His poster boy for the terrible early period of the Iraq war is Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, whom he accurately portrays as a decent man but an incompetent commander.
None of these facts are cited in order to criticize Mr. Kenny, a palpably decent man doing a difficult job.
And America intuitively knows that behind that tough guy persona is a genuinely decent man who has taken his position as a role model seriously.
James Callaghan was a patriotic, decent man and a skilful politician.
Spencer Hays is a very decent man, almost spiritual, says Jay Mazur, president of Unite, the big clothing workers union with about 3, 000 members working at Hays-owned companies.
"More than that, he was a good and decent man -- and a dear friend, " Bush said in a statement released by his office.
One comes away from Mr. Rosengren's biography with a firm notion of Hank Greenberg as a decent human being, a man of integrity and honor, what Jews call a mensch.
Judge Adrian Smith said Khosravi was a well-educated man from a "decent, supportive family" who turned "violent and frighteningly menacing" during the attack.
The US president said Mr Wolfowitz was a "compassionate, decent man".
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The Croydon North MP was praised as a "thoroughly decent, intelligent and compassionate man" whose death left a "huge hole" in the party.
The author's jacket photograph shows a decent-looking, moustached man in a floppy hat, fishing waistcoat and chest waders.
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They were cautioned against alcohol, tobacco, and gum chewing, and were told that they should consider it a miracle of God if any decent man ever wanted to marry them.
Paul Ryan is a very good, very decent, very capable man.
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Mr Entwistle lasted just 54 days on the job, but Lord Patten praised him as "a very, very good man, cerebral, decent, honourable, brave".
"Yes, yes, we have decent coffee, " one man said when stirred with a question about the house blend.
The NBA is a center-starved league, which leaves teams running toward the first decent performing big man they find.
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Once you've amassed a decent fortune, your focus shifts to keeping it from the hands of the tax man and from sharp declines in the market.
It was not to be as Willoughby got his man, Lyth and McGrath played some glorious strokes to put Yorkshire in a decent position at stumps.
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