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Word: cleanest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Brenda was outraged. It wasn't going to jail that bothered her so much as being double-crossed. She promised the raiders that she was going to get even in a big way. Chief Horrall wasn't worried: "Los Angeles is the cleanest city in California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Brenda's Revenge | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Criminal law provides the opportunity for the cleanest form of legal practice, Leibowitz said. He advised against objectionable courtroom practices, warning that they would turn the jury against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leibowitz Rounds Out Law School Workshop | 11/12/1948 | See Source »

Privileged Minority. On the other hand, the Nizam spends some of his fortune for the public good. He gave $500,000 toward the building of Osmania University. Hyderabad City has the widest, cleanest streets in India, more and better looking hospitals than any other Indian city, a school for the deaf and blind, housing projects for the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HYDERABAD: The Holdout | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...State Penitentiary walls in the first Stone Bowl game. The star: a 155-lb. halfback known as "Floor Show" Fletcher (pen name: No. 21154), a sophomore who scored both touchdowns for the prison All-Stars. Said Referee Tom Deering, who was brought in from the outside: "It was the cleanest game I've worked all season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Case for Michigan | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...longer a fortress and a prison. Last week the town which Brigham Young laid out "foursquare with the compass" with wide streets and ten-acre blocks, was a center of Western commerce and trade, hub of three railroads, four airlines, four main highways. It is one of the cleanest and friendliest cities in the U.S., and one of the healthiest. The descendants of the lean and desperate Mormon pioneers have a well-fed, well-dressed, freshly scrubbed and glowing look. Mormon women walk with a high-bosomed and girdleless litheness which seems a little startling to visitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTAH: A Peculiar People | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

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