Word: cleans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...squalid settlements built on the fringe of the heap. The shanties are often decorated with plastic flowers because, as one trash collector explains, "nothing grows here." The pepenadores consider themselves lucky to have any employment at all. Says a denizen of Sante Fe: "It may not be clean work, but it is an honest living...
...divine retribution was in the air along with the rain-threatening clouds and on the next play, St. Louis headed a Brynteson airball into the Smith net for a clean score...
Nixon's 1969 European journey was my first introduction to the antics of the advance men: they were clean-cut, efficient, and disciplined individuals whom H.R. Haldeman had proudly picked from advertising agencies and junior executive positions. Their sole responsibility was to make certain that everything ran smoothly for Nixon, who must never face the unexpected contingencies he hated so much. The advance team held itself responsible for ensuring that Nixon was seen by others only in the most favorable light...
...Asked if he could recall a single instance in which he had ever taken what would be considered the liberal side of an important public question, he thought for a moment, chuckled and replied: "No, I guess there is no way you're going to be able to clean...
...account of the secret trip can be complete without the saga of my shirts. Knowing the vicissitudes of a hectic twelve-day trip through Asia, I had asked my aide Dave Halperin to be sure to set aside a couple of clean shirts specifically for Peking. As the Pakistani plane took off from Chaklala and soared toward the Himalayas, Halperin, who had come to see me off, was stunned by the realization that he had set aside the shirts so carefully that I could not have packed them; at this thought he became physically sick. I was aghast when...