Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...student accidentally knocked over a container of the chemical, spilling it on the floor, according to John J. O'Donoghue, a deputy fire chief with the CFD. Other students in the lab attempted to clean it up, but the THF was spilled near a stove and started a small fire, O'Donoghue said...
...fire had already been extinguished when firefighters arrived. However, because of the toxicity level of THF, the Hazardous Materials unit felt it was necessary to do a special clean-up procedure...
...secretly tape-recorded her confessions and got her to document her encounters and preserve crucial evidence. Claiming she was good at identifying "patterns" in relationships, Tripp had Lewinsky create a spreadsheet detailing her visits and phone calls with Clinton. She talked Lewinsky out of having the semen-stained dress cleaned, telling her not to wear it because it made her "look fat," and advising her to lock it in a safe-deposit box because "it could be evidence one day," according to Lewinsky. "And I said that was ludicrous." Tripp helped her compose letters to Clinton and sent...
What's striking is not the parallels between the events, but their enormous differences. Unlike Clinton, Jackson did not take months to come clean about his sin. Nor, in the end, did he try to hide behind semantic sophistry. After about a week of excruciating deliberation--made all the more painful because some of the black clergymen advising Jackson wanted him to continue lying in order to preserve his political viability--Jackson went into a synagogue in New Hampshire and delivered an abject apology. Later, at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, he repeated his plea for forgiveness, insisting passionately...
...campus is becoming a safe reserve for animals because they are not being hunted here, Alpert said, noting that as Cambridge and Boston enact plans to clean up the Charles River, students and residents alike can expect to see even more wildlife because of the increased food supply...