Word: cleaner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finally, the standard of good taste is not a negative thing, merely keeping us from wrong. It is a creative thing. That is why your generation is so fine, so much cleaner, healthier, more promising than my generation. For when a generation discovers that the old codes cannot be used and sets up for themselves high standards of their own they have much firmer ground on which to proceed...
...Woman's Democratic Club of New York City, of which the 1,700 members, like their civic sisters the country over, are dedicated to making politics "cleaner" and more reasonable, tried lately to elect a president. A Mrs. John Marshall Gallagher was a candidate. A Mrs. Hanna V. Imhof-despite gossip that she had said she would not have the presidency, even "on a silver platter"-was another...
...taking the liberty of writing you regarding your comment on the Hoover v. Eureka [vacuum cleaner] suit as outlined on page 33-34 of TIME, April 18, because it makes rather adverse reference to the carpet sweeper and even specifically mentions Bissell sweepers...
...negative side, we might point out certain disadvantages of the vacuum cleaner which we have determined by careful tests of such devices, but the Bissell sweeper has enough merits of its own to stand on without indulging in recriminations regarding the worth-while contemporary products. In other words, each device has its own distinct field of usefulness...
...Eureka Co. has not yet had opportunity to present in court the excellencies of their cleaner, nor the Exposition managers to explain the confusion in making the awards...