Word: spotlessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's past employment record is far from spotless: it is very likely that the University-like most huge corporations-does indeed have hiring practices which must be changed. If necessary, militant student pressure should be exerted to force the Administration to make those changes. But SDS must make a better case to get the mass student backing necessary for successful-and comprehensible-student drive. The disruption in University Hall last week contributed nothing to an understanding or resolution of the important moral and political issues involved...
...pieces of furniture from the grandfather remain in the house, which is kept spotless by Andreas' wife. She is a perfect Greek counterpart of Judy Agnew-bright, outgoing, hospitable, gay. As the man who revived the family ties by writing to Agnew, Andreas has become the spokesman for the Anagnostopoulos family. "We have become known figures," says Andreas proudly. "I receive letters from Greeks living in Paris, Venezuela, Australia, who are pleased that a Greek was elected to such a high office...
...female. She hasn't been to a university but she has read everything and remembers it. Her ideals are high and unsullied. She works (or has worked) at lost political causes. Although she loathes marriage, she gamely raises children and endures domestic woes. She cooks well, keeps a spotless house (except when depressed) and does excellent writing, research or secretarial work. She is any man's moral and intellectual superior, and she rarely hesitates to tell...
...round trip by train, New York to Miami, and it was a dream of comfort and efficiency. Board in midtown any morning, no queues, no long walks; baggage goes with you. Air-conditioned coaches are attractive, rooms/roomettes with private bath immaculate. Porters are cheerful, friendly, solicitous, dining cars spotless and there's TV in the club...
...Effie came to see it, Ruskin was bent on forcing her to leave him not merely by his neglect but by throwing her at various gentlemen friends, including Millais, hoping to involve her in what she quaintly referred to as a "scrape." She, on her part, meticulously maintained a spotless reputation. For years she had not dared to tell anyone that she was, in the euphemism of the age, a wife in name only. Eventually she understood that in abstinence lay salvation, via a virtuous annulment. Where once she had wanted Ruskin to consummate the marriage, she now deliberately made...