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It’s pathetic, dangerous, and shows a total lack of respect for boundaries, safety, and basic human decency.”

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"She was determined that all victims should be treated with compassion, decency and respect - and she consistently led by example," her office said.

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He briefly tried to hide in pathology, where the people had the decency to be dead, but that didn’t work.

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He “occupies a powerful public office that requires decency and discipline,” Gibson said of Dow.

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"A lack of experience and probably a lack of human decency has led them to behave in this manner," he said.

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

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