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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rebellion of New York's charwomen showed that a once-indispensable utensil was not outmoded. No longer, they declared, would they clean cuspidors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Feb. 10, 1947 | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

Most optimistic views expressed in the pool during yesterday afternoon's time trials found the Crimson taking a clean sweep in everything, with the extremity of the lopsided score tempered only by the charity of Ulen. But meets are won in the water as well as by the clock...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Crimson Mermen Will Swim Army In First League Splash Here Tonight | 2/8/1947 | See Source »

Yardling and Jayvee pucksters scraped the Arena ice clean yesterday afternoon as the Fiftymen, led by newly elected Captain Dave Abbot, lengthened their winning streak with a 6 to 5 victory over Arlington High School, while the junior sextet thrashed Newton High School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling, Jayvee Sextets Maintain Unsullied Record | 2/4/1947 | See Source »

...Clean living made all the difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Virtuosos | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...fields close to main shipping channels. The danger of floaters would remain for many years. Greece, Sardinia and Sicily were almost surrounded by minefields. Off the Channel coasts and The Netherlands and Denmark, near Eire and Iceland were thousands of mines. The U.S. coasts were believed to be swept clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Menace of the Seas | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

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