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Word: cleanly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...used to be that if you wanted it enough, you could find some sort of job," Jeune says. "Now, you need a basic knowledge of the language because people won't take the time to explain things to you. Now, you need a certificate even to clean a nursing home...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Dilemma: Move up? Move out? | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...Polish--that's number one" Santos said. "You gotta keep your shoes clean...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's All About (Shoe) Polish | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...even when an addict has been clean for a long time, says Leshner, the addictive brain has been permanently primed for relapse. One common trigger for returning to drugs is stress, which can send the recovering addict back to a proven stress reliever. Another is contact with people, places and things associated with drugs--cues that bring up dormant memory circuits laid down during active addiction and thus reawaken craving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downey's Downfall | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...hinted when he voted for the stay to halt "the counting of votes that are of questionable legality." The rickety old Votomatics are just hole-punching aids; if the voter has neither sufficient passion to puncture a piece of perforated cardboard nor sufficient intentness to follow directions and clean up his chads on his way to the to-be-tabulated pile, maybe magnifying glasses are too good for him. We make a voter make his way to the polls; do we demand so little of him from that point on? It's a fine line between government disenfranchisement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Supreme Court Might Do | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

This classic fountain pen comes in blue, red, brown marble and basic black, and Bob Slate salesperson Brian Oles says it's a favorite year-round. Sporting a solid 18 carat gold nib, the Preface has a simple, clean design and minimal leakage that has received rave reviews from customers...

Author: By Susan J. Marshall and Mildred M. Yuan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: 'Tis the Season...To Shop | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

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