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Using professional norms and human decency as your guide, can you guess what Dhillon did in the aftermath of the fire?

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“I am just so tired of begging these lawmakers for basic human decency,” Nardone said, noting that she refuses to ever be pregnant again in South Carolina.

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The combination of billionaire rabble and basement-dwelling rabble is a time-tested method for destroying democracy, as well as rationality and common decency.

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Such a recognition is an abdication not only of basic human decency, but also of national interest and strategic sanity.

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The FCC regulates radio, TV and satellite airwaves, giving it power over a range of matters, including mergers and decency complaints.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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