Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other hand, one suspects that in those moments of fantasy when he sees himself riding to electoral success (if not victory) Hughes is thinking not in terms of issues but of an image of himself. He is the clean candidate in a dirty state, picking up votes from the disaffected rather than the committed, making a good showing because he is different, personable, cultured, intelligent and naive. It may pay to be naive...
...policeman, making a routine check of the vans carrying the governor's property, discovered one filled with nothing but toilet paper--15,000 rolls of it--and perhaps as many bars of soap, all taken from the mansion. One observer remarked that "he--if not his administration--was sure clean as a hound's tooth...
DeLone, Clayman, and Nichols should accomplish a clean sweep in the discus, as should Chris Ohiri, Sid Marlin, and Marty Beckwith in the broad jump. This will be the first return to athletic action for Ohiri since he injured his leg in soccer season...
...home, and paintings look best in a home. We were solely interested in creating an atmosphere in which art would look best." The living room was "somewhat of a problem. You can't sit along a wall and enjoy art.'' So the modern, clean-lined furniture was grouped in the center, affording views all around. Says Heller: "We think of our apartment as a ranch-home on the tenth floor...
...South Bend plant one day last week in a sleek sports coupe, the likes of which no U.S. motorist has ever seen. Still shrouded in deep corporate secrecy, the new car was nonetheless already the talk of Detroit. Christened Avanti (Italian for "Forward"), it is finless, aerodynamically clean, and fast; it may well prove the most talked-of car turned out by any U.S. automaker since Ford Motor Co. introduced its first Thunderbird...