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...Swedish damsel, Flanders jade, A dark Eiran colleen, A Chink, a Jap, a Negro maid, A primitive Slovene, Let chance but send a wench of these To mop our dusty floor, To wash our dinner dishes, please-We do not ask for more...
...Brien rolled up a primary vote of almost 20,000, which Progressives consider very significant in view of the fact that he was unopposed. They feel that since 90 percent of the voters in the tenth district are in low middle or low income groups their candidate will mop up on election...
...Cambridge fire department engines, summoned automatically, pulled into the Yard at 8:05 p.m., but firemen had nothing to do but turn off the sprinklers and mop up water...
...Mop-Up. The Hotels Statler Co., second largest hotel chain in the U.S., mopped up behind its fast extending lines. From the Pennsylvania Railroad, for an undisclosed sum, it bought Manhattan's 2,200-room Hotel Pennsylvania, which Statler has managed since it was built...
...launched its big offensive-"Operation Coronet."* The Greeks threw six divisions and other units (70,000 men) against 8,000 rebels in Communist General Markos' Mount Grammos stronghold, near the Albanian border. One aim: to bang shut Markos' backstairs supply (and escape) route to Albania. Another: to mop up Mount Grammos...