They were both as close to naked as they could get and still be minimally decent, and she was wrapped around him like yarn around a spindle.

Recipients of H.U.D. assistance live in minimally decent housing, regardless of geography.

We believe society has a commitment to provide minimally decent housing for all and wants to make good on that commitment.

Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy and the board can stop paying for private programs if they make minimally decent public programs available for all children.

As a result, a commitment to two longstanding American ideals - equal opportunity and a minimally decent life for citizens of a wealthy nation - has been lost.

A minimally decent employment standard, to me, overrides the case for a free market.

Even for a worker holding two jobs, wages are too low, housing costs too high for minimally decent survival.

A single mother with two children needs a basic budget of about $11,000 to buy minimally decent food, shelter and transportation, according to the National Academy of Sciences.

Although it no longer serves the thick juicy hamburger on pumpernickel that I loved, this is one option for minimally decent food, light and heavy, if you want to munch in rhythm.

But it's not going to happen if many of those children grow to school age without minimally decent nutrition.