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Word: carbona (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then why, on the weekend of June 29, did Capano buy a bottle of Carbona Blood and Milk remover and an inexpensive Oriental rug to replace beige wall-to-wall carpeting that his cleaning lady said was in good condition? On July 31 investigators found bloodstains in his home that were eventually matched to Fahey. Capano was then their sole suspect. But with no eyewitnesses, no murder weapon and no body, the blood evidence was not enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BROTHERS IN CRIME | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

There is one of Roscoe Turner's sleek racers in the shop. Turner was a hero to Depression-ridden boys. He flew in pink jodhpurs, gleaming calvary boots, brass-button tunic, and sported a needle-pointed waxed mustache. He carried a bottle of Carbona cleaner with him to hold grease spots on his rakish costume to a minimum. You got to see him at Sioux City, Iowa, on a scorched tarmac in the drought years, and the thrill lasted the whole dismal summer. Turner brought along his pet lion cub Gilmore, which draped its paws over the side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silver Hill, Maryland: A Flight Down Memory Lane | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

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