Word: spotless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even the best-managed cities have trouble coping with the crush of population growth. Tokyo is overwhelmed by its own trash -- 22,000 tons each day -- despite massive recycling and incineration programs. Ironically, Japanese fastidiousness is a big part of the problem. In a city where taxi drivers wear spotless white gloves, Tokyo consumers want wrappers around virtually anything they...
...Schwartz's resume is far from spotless. A congressional report cited him in 1990 as a main player in a case that led to a serious misuse of law enforcement. After Schwartz left the U.S. prosecutor's office in 1985 to join a private investigation firm, one of his first moves was to help a devious client provoke a criminal probe against a business rival. As a result of the efforts, the rival suffered a crippling IRS raid in 1986 despite scant evidence of wrongdoing. Four years later, the case was quietly closed by the Justice Department without any indictments...
Anyone who still remembers bike shops as dark, cluttered places smelling of oil and rubber would be startled to walk into a modern American bike outlet. Spotless and often carpeted, crawling with salespeople and outfitted with dressing rooms, specialty bike shops rely on high-margin clothing and cycling gizmos for up to 25% of their revenues. The glamour of biking now draws neophytes who browse through racks of hip-hugging shorts and brightly colored shirts even before they know the difference between a derailleur and a train accident...
...Crimson is led by the EITA's number-one singles player Mike Zimmerman. Zimmerman has been undefeated in EITA and Ivy League competition this season. The Crimson's first-doubles tandem of Zimmerman and Shyjan, ranked 12th in the country, also has a spotless EITA and Ivy record...
Handguns, semi-automatic and automatic weapons have only one use, and that is the taking of another human life. Therefore, they should be unavailable (and unacceptable) to us all. The right to own a shotgun should be limited to certified hunters, whose criminal records must be spotless. Only then can the mayhem in our towns and cities end, and only then can America call itself civilized in the 21st century...