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good and proper (informal)

if someone does something good and proper, they do it completely and with a lot of force. He warned me off good and proper after I kissed his girlfriend.

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I do remember the Bush administration, Tony Blair's government, and right-wing groups flailing around for some justification for their squalid war--latching onto unconvincing claims that Saddam had links with al Qaeda and that he could launch his weapons of mass destruction at 45 minutes' notice, even falling back on video clips of the Ba'athists' 1988 chemical attack on the Kurds of Halabja in an attempt to convince us that regime change in Iraq would be good and proper. Uncritical masses: was the public too stupid to oppose the war in ... by O'Neill, Brendan / Reason Sacrificing the souls of the ``haves'' to save the bodies of the (supposedly) ``have-nots'' is hardly God's work, and according to Pope Leo XIII, socialism is evil and contrary to God's law, who granted diversity in human nature as good and proper. PUBLIC FORUM : FROM MYTH TO REALITY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) This organization, which is the preeminent guild for actors the world over, has enormous potential to further the standing of its members, to promote good and proper practices in the entertainment industry, and to aid in the development of commerce in general," stated Cooke. The Screen Actors Guild Names John F. Cooke Chief Executive ... by Business Wire More results

I do remember the Bush administration, Tony Blair's government, and right-wing groups flailing around for some justification for their squalid war--latching onto unconvincing claims that Saddam had links with al Qaeda and that he could launch his weapons of mass destruction at 45 minutes' notice, even falling back on video clips of the Ba'athists' 1988 chemical attack on the Kurds of Halabja in an attempt to convince us that regime change in Iraq would be good and proper.

Uncritical masses: was the public too stupid to oppose the war in ... by O'Neill, Brendan / Reason

Sacrificing the souls of the ``haves'' to save the bodies of the (supposedly) ``have-nots'' is hardly God's work, and according to Pope Leo XIII, socialism is evil and contrary to God's law, who granted diversity in human nature as good and proper.

PUBLIC FORUM : FROM MYTH TO REALITY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

This organization, which is the preeminent guild for actors the world over, has enormous potential to further the standing of its members, to promote good and proper practices in the entertainment industry, and to aid in the development of commerce in general," stated Cooke.

The Screen Actors Guild Names John F. Cooke Chief Executive ... by Business Wire

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