Word: mops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Brandishing a mop in an axe-like manner, a five-eater was swabbing the third story windows. An assistant directed the hose on the panes at the same time; so dirt didn't have much chance of staying on the outside...
...field general directed operations from below, and furnished instructions in mop technique, which were a sad contrast to the Department's usual efficiency...
...follow the ship ahead, until it sank or fell out of line, turning in helpless circles. By nightfall (the action began at 2 p. m.) the Russians were trying only to escape. Till midnight they were harried by torpedo attacks. Next morning brought the main Japanese fleet again to mop up the survivors. By then most of the Russian ships had had enough, struck their colors. Rozhestvensky had been carried off the burning wreck of the Suvoroff-sunk by torpedoes shortly afterwards-to a destroyer, the Buinyi. Next day he was transferred to the destroyer Bedovyi which surrendered...
...precise adjustments, the camera got into action just before New Year's Day. Since then thick weather has ruined every night but a few for sky-map-ping, but last week three plates had been successfully exposed and developed. Thirty-seven more plates will be needed to mop up the Northern sky. Then...
...step far more than if the President had taken a threatening tone. For now the Court itself rather than the President will appear to be forcing the issue. By his message to Congress Franklin Roosevelt outflanked the position of the Supreme Court. If and when it chooses to mop it up, the job will be three-quarters done...