Word: cleanness
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...campaign this fall, Romney cast himself as a political outsider—the kind of person who could use his extensive private-sector experience to “clean up the mess” of inefficiency and corruption that he said plagued Beacon Hill...
Romney’s business background and outsider status give him “a fresh perspective and a clean eye” in government, according to Lt. Governor Kerry M. Healy...
...Bush in St. Petersburg last weekend, Putin made nice with the Americans while urging the Europeans to pursue the dream of a multipolar world in an entente cordiale with Moscow. Europeans weren't buying that either. Putin was slapped down by the E.U. leaders, who demanded that he clean up Russia's human-rights record, especially in Chechnya, and ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change. In other words, as uncertain as they are about the U.S., European leaders may be even more distrustful of Russia...
...guardhouse on one of Uday's properties, according to a maid who worked there. The maid says she saw a guard rip off the woman's white wedding dress and lock her, crying, in a bathroom. After Uday arrived, the maid heard screaming. Later she was called to clean up. The body of the woman was carried out in a military blanket, she said. There were acid burns on her left shoulder and the left side of her face. The maid found bloodstains on Uday's mattress and clumps of black hair and peeled flesh in the bedroom. A guard...
...Harbour remains unswimmable, its public housing is still a shambles and its back alleys provide habitats for rats. Now SARS has inspired the government to look for ways to spruce up the city?s streets?and its image. Led by bow-tied Chief Secretary Donald Tsang and his ?Team Clean,? Hong Kong?s mandarins have settled on an approach that is down-right Singaporean. Last week, the government proposed raising fines for littering and spitting in public from $77 to nearly $200. Team Clean also formulated a point system designed to ?encourage? good hygiene among residents of the city...