Word: wipe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from power. But last week gutty Mr. Gutt, now head of the International Monetary Fund, had his reward. The Fund announced that Belgium had paid in full the $33 million loan borrowed two years ago to build up its dollar reserves. It thus became the first European nation to wipe out its debt to the Fund.* Said one Fund official: "If it weren't for Gutt, Belgium would not be able to repay...
...vice versa. In some states women might not handle baggage, mix strong drinks in public places, work in blast furnaces, bowling alleys or shoeshine parlors. It was not a question of whether they wanted to do these things; they just resented the implication of inferiority. The proposed amendment would wipe out all such strictures at one stroke...
...century,* the weather on New Year's Day struck just the right note. "The snow-flakes," said the admiring Times, "were of that fine, crisp quality that lie and wear well." The snow, the prosperity of the land and the mood of the hour seemed to wipe out the black misery of preceding centuries. The worst was over; man was out of the woods...