As the authorities dealt with the worst excesses, public decorum was gradually restored.

Cicero and other intellectuals defended it on no higher grounds than that it was an aid to public decorum.

Whatever problems lie beneath the surface, in Latin America public decorum is all-important.

Mr. Kelling said there is little subway panhandling in Boston because "the city has always had more emphasis on public decorum."

For one thing, most Greeks, like their Mediterranean neighbors, place value on expressiveness, whereas American culture is influenced by the Northern European and British emphasis on public decorum.

If a dogfight or other inappropriate activity broke out, operant human monitors adept in creature coercion restored public decorum.

City officals resisted at first, but Mr. Collins took steps to preserve public decorum.

But conferences handle controversy poorly; public decorum and tight schedules limit the vigor and depth of debate.

Kings are diligent in maintaining public decorum and order.

Marriages void because of the absence of legal age or natural puberty are held as sponsalia, inducing thereby impediment of "public decorum".