Word: cleanly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...MYSELF AND AL Does Gore go for someone fastidious and clean-cut like himself, or a more charismatic, roguish Clinton type? Best bet: He'll take the former BEST: Evan Bayh WORST: George Mitchell...
...Starting next July, De Beer's will certify that its diamonds come from clean sources, forcing its suppliers to accept "best practices" rules that outlaw buying from insurgent groups and stones mined by child labor. That's a sign, of course, that the company is feeling the heat. After all, diamonds derive their value from a combination of scarcity and demand generated almost exclusively by advertising, all of which leaves the industry vulnerable to negative publicity and the threat of consumer boycotts...
...going to clean up a lot of the major rivers in America," he says. Next year he intends to attack the Ohio, from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. He'd love to clean up the Hudson too and, maybe, while he's at it, the Potomac. What would help is a tugboat of his own (the homemade John Deere rig is showing its age, and hitching rides with commercial haulers is a hit-and-miss affair), but even without one, he vows, he'll plunge ahead, refrigerator by refrigerator, prosthetic leg by prosthetic leg. "I'm going to do it right...
...clean up aging power plants --To make bus fleets compatible with clean-burning fuels --To create incentives to clean areas near transit stations --To provide tax breaks to create new power sources --To reduce dependence on imported...
...first blush, his strategy seems to have paid off. The district is accredited again. The hallways are clean and orderly, and a gleaming new Macintosh computer sits atop one of every three desks. Teachers can say their classes are manageable (17 kids per teacher) and that spending, at about $8,000 per pupil, rivals that of some of Wellston's more affluent neighboring districts. But my father has become convinced that all these efforts are never going to be enough. He believes what students in Wellston need is nothing less than a "fortress," a boarding "academy" that can insulate them...