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Word: janitor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resigning. I just did not file papers for my renomination," the 70-year-old former Law School janitor said. "I do not agree with many of the labor policies advocated by some of the younger men in the union. I felt I should step aside to give these men a chance to choose new policies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mulvihill Will Not Seek Top HUERA Post Again | 1/30/1953 | See Source »

Samuel Kauffmann, 54, was the head janitor on the sixth floor, who came to the paper when Kauffmann did, 31 years ago. Alongside Editor McKelway, 57, sat a Negro press helper who got a job on the Star in 1920, when McKelway came to work for the paper. For the occasion, the Old Lady showed she could still kick up her skirts. To the "Live a little" tune, the Star promotion manager good-naturedly needled the staff: "You've got to lie a little, boast a little/You've gotto make like the [Washington] Post a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Old Lady of Washington | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...went over together," Wagner said, "and asked the janitor to open the closet. We took out the box, and jammed between two change tills was a roll of $150 worth of $10 and $5 bills...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...yesterday morning, they gave up the search. The red ticket box was placed in a closet by the janitor, and the closet locked...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

Lamont need not be fully staffed during these extra hours. If need not even check out reserved books after the present deadline. Two doorguards and a janitor could probably run the place. Why not let them? Robert E. Herzstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR THE FRESHMEN | 11/21/1952 | See Source »

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