All to hurt a decent, honest witness, Brodsky could not lay a glove on.

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"We are very conscious that some people working within government who are decent, honest, people may well have been approached and may well have had pressure put on them to provide information, " he said.

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But he also presents a different side of Nigeria: the dedicated human-rights lawyer, the gentle priest, the courageous journalist and a cast of ordinary people struggling to lead decent, honest lives in a country governed by insanity.

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Andy Pettitte, who I know to be honest and decent, has since confirmed this.

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Orangemen, Ms Dudley Edwards believes, are honest, decent, hard-working folk, visibly more conscious of their responsibilities than their rights.

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"These stories which hit honest, decent, salt-of-the-earth folk like the Pattons and those who work for them, hit us all hard, " he said.

BBC: Building site

It needs a representative, honest and decent government.

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Crafted from double-sided tape and two Wii remotes, the prototype brought forth ideas for Nintendo Land -- and if we're honest, is a fairly decent outline of what the final product resembled, with buttons and controls (including triggers) distributed across both sides of the screen.

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They're honest people and they're decent people.

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He has made a decent fist of running Portugal over the past two years, including an honest effort to observe the budget-deficit ceilings set by the euro area's stability and growth pact.

ECONOMIST: European Commission