Or the court might test out a new era name after a political debacle, in an effort to wipe the slate clean.

On Slate, Christina Cauterucci writes

Please wipe off the table.

Please wipe off the table.

Wipe your tears.

Wipe your eyes.

Wipe your nose.

Wipe your eyes.

Wipe your eyes.

Wipe your mouths.

Wipe the sweat from your brow.

Wipe your shoes on the mat.

Steven Pinker chalks it up to the blank slate

The blank slate was an influential idea in the 20th century.

Tom couldn't wipe the smile off his face.

Let's wipe them off the face of the earth.

Wipe it up, throw it away.

Wipe that smirk off your face.

The others wipe the blood off our hands and feet.

Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve.

She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust.

If you piss on the toilet seat, wipe it off!

The book is called The Blank Slate, based on the popular idea that the human mind is a blank slate, and that all of its structure comes from socialization, culture, parenting, experience.

The actors throw off the lynching rope and wipe away tears.

She had no tissues to wipe away her tears.

Instead, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran s president, has threatened to wipe Israel off the map.

It would be sheer folly to suggest that Ukrainians start with a blank slate.

The crime would have been perfect if the thief hadn't forgotten to wipe his fingerprints.

If the plug gets dirty, wipe it off with a dry cloth before insertion.

Now, Occupy London and Bank of Ideas are publicly asking them to work with us to wipe the slate clean to enable community organisers to permanently manage this site on behalf of the people of Hackney the border of which is but one pavement s distance from some of the wealthiest companies on earth.

So, I wipe the pigeon manure off one of the bells, and I look at it.

Fifteen percent suffer migraines that wipe them out for days on end.

So all we need is one finger. Just wipe off and we see the elephant.

Before you put the knife away, please wipe it dry so that it will not rust.

Japan recapitalized its banks in 1998, but did not wipe out equity holders.

Mary needs a whole roll of toilet paper to wipe her ass clean.

But the kidnapping of Chiang Kaishek by the general he had appointed to wipe out the Communists saved them.

To change this state of affairs, institutional investors must be allowed to propose their own slate of directors.

When it comes to the economy, Putin is a clean slate upon which his entourage the clans of Berezovsky and Chubais will write.

Second, Mr. Zhu said he would wipe out the many bad debts of China's banks and international trust companies.

Or consider Nasser's massing of Egyptian troops on Israel's border in 1967, threatening to wipe it off the map.

And as little as a decade ago, the medical community thought of gender as a slate that could be erased and then redrawn.

It is completely understandable to wipe your nose on the bedclothes if you cannot find your handkerchief with the lights out.

In 2005, we launched our first slate of films, Murder Ball, North Country, Syriana and Good Night and Good Luck.

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