Word: cleanness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...double-entendres, elliptical references to fig leaves and nakedness, talk of the "original applesauce." No sooner had the program closed than angry comments began to pour in to the sponsors (Chase & Sanborn), the broadcasting company (NBC), the advertising agents (J. Walter Thompson). The National Legion of Decency threatened to clean up radio. Some Chase & Sanborn customers threatened a boycott. "Bad taste," mourned the Motion Picture Daily. Such terms as "profane," "filthy," "obscene," "vomitous," burst from such varied commentators as the Chicago Tribune, the Battle Creek Federation of Women's Clubs, New York's Congressman O'Toole, churches...
...known by his fellow Atlantans as a useful, loyal U. S. citizen. Ace hat cleaner of smoky Atlanta, each morning he left his popular little shop opposite the Federal Reserve Bank, smilingly made the rounds of Atlanta businessmen's downtown offices picking up their dusty hats to clean. He was active in the Parent-Teacher Association of the Crew Street School, attended by his shy, 12-year-old daughter Dorothy. One day a little more than a year ago, the principal of Dorothy's school noticed she did not salute the flag when the other children...
Schmeling continued to fight in his cool, planned style, moving faster and landing oftener in each successive round. In the fifth, Schmeling was behind on points and finally let loose his right. It caught Thomas clean on the chin, and Schmeling blinked. Thomas did not go down. He sailed in, hitting Schmeling with left hooks that purpled his face and body. Schmeling stepped his pace up a notch...
...adopted the Purdue type of offense. Instead of certain fixed plays as in the past, the new system is based on "working the ball" in toward the basket with sudden breakes intended to set up a score. For the inauguration of this offense, which requires above all else clean, swift ball-handling, Fesler has at present a lineup of three seasoned regulars from last year and two adopt newcomers...
...Rising Tide" and its million and a half copies may be seen not only a 1937 application of the Gospel, but also the acknowledgement by newspaper men of the demand for a primarily clean tabloid. From below and above a move may thus be now in motion to halt the vicious circle which degrades the journal as a source of reliable information, as a force on public opinion, and as a vehicle of education...