Word: clean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clark started off for the Crimson in a businesslike manner, placing a clean single between first and second. There he remained, however, while Clement disposed of the next batter in a summary fashion...
...mind that she much prefers the more heroic and less blustering Will Banion. Therefore the major characters have still other worries all the way out from Westport Landing to Oregon than Indians, starvation, freezing, floods, and homesickness. The villain as usual spends his time trying to get a good clean shot at the hero, and the hero spends his time rescuing the fair Molly from death in its several forms. The villain is just about to marry the unhappy lady when the Indians save the situation by attacking the camp. From this point the fall of Sam Woodhull is meteoric...
...Crimson Freshmen did their best work in the track events, making a clean sweep in the 100-yard, 220-yard, and 440-yard distances, and taking both first and second in the half-mile and mile runs. Although the Tiger yearlings allowed the University first year men to again a large lead at the beginning of the meet, they continually pressed the Crimson athletes, and their final bid for victory fell short by only a small margin...
Cyrus E. Woods, slender, gray-suited, American Ambassador to Madrid; Colonel George Harvey, tall, horn-spectacled, with square-topped derby; Alanson B. Houghton, clean-shaven, florid and grave, Ambassador to Berlin, came down the gangplank of the George Washington together, back from Europe with the usual Ambassadorial truisms...
...Episcopal Church, he has never taken the trouble to leave it. But " he is not an orthodox believer according to the standards of any church I happen to know." Theology interests him. He believes, or did once believe, in reincarnation. Morally, he has reached first base on a clean private life, simple tastes, wholesome pleasure and a happy home...