Word: scrubdown
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...five points, for instance, while spitting gets you seven. To enforce it, the government will ask tenants to inform on dirty neighbors. Critics question the attempt to modify behavior through legislation, and many residents plan to ignore the new system altogether. In April, a group of politicians led a scrubdown of some of the city?s filthiest alleys. A week later, however, vermin had retaken many of the alleys?and, presumably, they weren?t ratting on each other...