Word: houseclean
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...going to houseclean that department," Marshall said, in effect. "But I've got to have time to do it. And you've got to remember I inherited this mess. I didn't create it. It will take time-but I'm going to have my time in getting things righted...
Russia's purges are traditionally grim affairs. The conspicuous difference between the current nationwide"houseclean-ing" and others is the sprightly (and skin-crawling) humor with which the tares of the malefactors have been exhibited in the Soviet press. Thus the toughest sentence is doubly justified, since the defendants have been proved not only criminal but ridiculous...
From headquarters of the International Association of Machinists went exasperated word that Local 751 had better houseclean itself of Communism, or the International would do it. Boeing officials, unwilling to intervene, only prayed that Local 751 would settle its mess and get down to work...
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