Word: cleans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Clean Graveyards. But the neatest trick of the trial came when Howell's attorney, T. Ross Sharpe, called two of the jurors down out of the box to be witnesses. Though both had sworn they were "impartial" before being seated on the jury, they each said they considered Amy's reputation "bad" and would not believe what she said, even under oath...
Cried Sharpe: "There are no finer people than those in [Howell's district]. Why, there's a church every three miles and they all keep their graveyards clean." He told off Goldwasser. "That roaring lion from Judea is a disgrace to the Jewish race. He wouldn't even make catfish bait in the Altamaha River...
...help keep the clinic going, he advertised, and that resulted in his being expelled in 1930 from the American Medical Association and the Chicago Medical Society, for "unethical" conduct. Organized medicine, Schmidt retorted, was fighting his plan for low-cost medical care. He was given a clean bill of professional health by half a dozen other medical societies, by Northwestern which kept him on the faculty, and by St. Luke's Hospital, where he was senior attending urologist. Today, he is generally credited with having fathered the laws for premarital and prenatal tests for syphilis...
...Passionate English. The Book of Costume also clearly documents how greatly the distinctive characteristics of nations change with the centuries. Fifteenth Century Italians were clean, reserved, austere: they were shocked by the filth of the Germans. Erasmus was bowled over by the vulgar English tendency to display passion and emotion in public. On the other hand, while skirts rise and fall and puffed knee breeches slowly work their way into peg-top trousers, many surprising similarities exist between far-separated cultures. The woman in the Greek wedding procession, bowling along in her chariot, might almost be on the way back...
...Dudley Commuters used their height to good advantage Friday as they topped Adams 46 to 41. The game was fast and relatively clean, except for a protracted dispute between Dudley and the referee on a point of rules. It was the second win for the Commuters, as against two defeats, and the fourth straight loss for Adams. Dudley also carried off the B League game...