Word: clean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suggestion to ban gas as a war weapon aroused a storm, reminiscent of the recent Opium Conference (TIME, Dec. 1, 8, Feb. 2, Mar. 2). The friendly enemies of the U. S. were not slow to say: "At it again," thereby meaning that the U. S. was trying to "clean up" the whole arms trading situation instead of approaching the problem step by step. The pros and cons of gas in warfare were debated. The argument against gas can be put in one word: "Inhumane." The argument for gas, although not so well known, has been ably presented. Prof...
...lampoon promises to live a clean life with no police record in the future, the CRIMSON is willing to play them next year...
...Crimson strategy was evident early in the afternoon, when the gentlemen forced their lascivious rivals to wait at the field for some time, making them so nervous that they were in no condition to play when the Crimson appeared dressed in clean black and white. The lampoon urchins were clad in rags, patches and outlandish masquerade costumes, and their style of play won them their first laugh since 1876 when the Harvard funny book was born...
...University tennis team scored another clean sweep yesterday afternoon, defeating M. I. T. on the Divinity Courts 9 to 0. The second tennis team was not so successful at Andover, where it lost to the schoolboys by the close score of 4 to 5, thus losing to Andover for the first time in two years...
Paintings, first-editions, and especially the manuscripts of authors are peculiarly the property of the country which produces them. They are the concrete expression of the best that the nation has done, and yet Americans with more money and collective instinct than respect for national possessions, make a clean sweep of these rarities, leaving Europe to console itself with second-bests...