United States President Chester A. Arthur considered probity, industry and good sense to be among the characteristics of a model civil servant. From LearnThat.org.
A further movement in the direction of probity, that is something more. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2] Reference
Indeed, Rubin has often been a model of fiscal probity. From Wordnik.com. [Rubin’s Detail Deficit] Reference
As a man of probity, and strict honesty, he was universally esteemed. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
Their invitation is definitely not a result of probity or political clout. From Wordnik.com. [The Lawn Rangers make a 57-mower march on D.C.] Reference
Whether perceptions of broker probity will really change depends on how fast and deep the reforms are. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes Them Tick] Reference
In a world where financial probity may not be widespread. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"A reputation for probity is vital to exercising influence on the international stage and in conducting business successfully.". From Wordnik.com. [Britain 'seen as more corrupt since MPs' expenses scandal'] Reference
His probity is a by-word; his benefactions have enriched the province. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma] Reference
As for the so-called probity of private central banks, even their friends understand the problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Banksters & Hurricanes Of Interest-Bearing Debt] Reference
In the case of PMCs, 'probity' refers to the loyalty and rectitude with which the commitment to a client's objective is discharged. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: How Shall We Understand PMC? Let Us Count the Transaction Cost Dynamic Ways] Reference
His standard of probity in word and action is high. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
And if you are looking for probity, the difficulty increases. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
All Beatrice's probity and honour she inherited from her mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Sarkozy came into office declaring that a new era of probity had dawned. From Wordnik.com. [The Sick Man Is Europe] Reference
I will write to him for a testimonial, at least to my probity and character. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
U.N. officials assumed the fit of probity was meant to discredit the defector. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With In-Laws] Reference
But when probity fails, a little ingenuity and artifice will do quite as well. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
And, very vaingloriously, I said three things: taste, probity and intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Wexler: A Record Man Remembered] Reference
Having perfect confidence in the intelligence, the fidelity, and probity of the. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Pont, who died some forty years ago, was much beloved for his benevolence and probity. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Why, the Queen (aka the government of the day, suitably dressed in garments of probity). From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother may be off-air but he has got his beady eyes on BBC trustees] Reference
The episode may reveal more about intramural disputes at Justice than about Gore's probity. From Wordnik.com. [A New Bump In Al's Road] Reference
Ability and probity seem to be regarded lightly -- as scarcely worth careful investigation. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
You're Mr. Clean at a time when corporate America is mired in muck and will pay big for probity. From Wordnik.com. [A Few Words Of Advice For Rudy] Reference
Her husband was honor and probity itself, and suffered only as a man can, from compulsory inaction. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Should Gore clinch the nomination, he can expect constant attacks on his own record -- and his probity. From Wordnik.com. [Al Gore's 'Men Of Zeal'] Reference
We are required to work toward probity and comport ourselves as though our lost ones are there with us. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting] Reference
The first has to do with his lack of constancy, probity and fidelity to principle and his own promises. From Wordnik.com. [Why Character Matters] Reference
Instead, they're counting on Rep. Henry Hyde of Chicago to be their poster boy for fairness and probity. From Wordnik.com. [Looking At A Scary Prospect] Reference
And on Nov. 3, birders sighted the rare Skinny Parrot Hawk, which repeats back the calls about fiscal probity. From Wordnik.com. [A Birder’s Guide to D.C.] Reference
Ingrid Bergman won fame for playing paragons of probity in "Casablanca," "Gaslight" and other movie masterpieces. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood & Vice] Reference
Britta Van Dun Eymet, FranceAs a British citizen I will vote for any party brave enough to put reality ahead of probity. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Highs And Lows] Reference
And the occasional calls to scale back the not-yet-spent stimulus funds for the sake of fiscal probity still ring hollow. From Wordnik.com. [A Birder’s Guide to D.C.] Reference
In the end, without being a war hero and without being Mr. Glamour, he embodied a kind of liberal probity and excellence. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Brother’s Large Legacy] Reference
Many Conservatives have long questioned Hague's judgment after he described Jeffrey Archer as a man of "probity and integrity". From Wordnik.com. [Tories offer support to William Hague despite concerns over poor judgment] Reference
Their record of keeping town halls in the black? unlike NHS trusts they can't run deficits? should be a model of probity for Whitehall. From Wordnik.com. [Pickles's localism is not what it seems] Reference
His presidential aspirations are bound up with the carefully cultivated perception of him as a man of probity and a far-seeing intellect. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Own Pain] Reference
A teetotaler known for his simple lifestyle, he has a reputation for probity that propelled him to the helm of Bihar's government in 2005. From Wordnik.com. [From Worst to Near First] Reference
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