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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...around 6 p.m. on weeknights, Portuguese accents and laughter fill Larsen Hall at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) as janitor Jeffrey Moura enters to clean the building with his father and his neighbors...

Author: By Candice N. Plotkin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Janitor Fights For Extra Hour | 4/20/2005 | See Source »

...impish face, but her pops, Robin Williams, is still the bigger clown. In House of D, ZELDA WILLIAMS, 15, is the lead's crush, while her dad is a quirky janitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinseltown In Their DNA | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...large organization; the Pentagon is a large organization—he’s been involved in the management of that organization.” Wonderful! Anyone who can manage a large organization can run the World Bank! Why don’t we nominate the head janitor at the Pentagon or Kenneth Lay instead...

Author: By Adam M. Guren, | Title: Banking on Nothing | 3/17/2005 | See Source »

...proposed government program in the Philippines to give poor people food stamps. Castillo was against it: he didn't believe the politicians and the bureaucrats would be able to pull it off honestly. And yet Castillo could use those stamps. Four years ago, he lost his job as a janitor at the Quezon City Hall. He and his family are now scavengers, living out of a wooden pushcart. This is Castillo's idea of happiness: "Once I found nearly half a fried chicken wrapped in plastic," he told me. "I knew it was still edible because it was still cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Viewpoint: It Doesn't Take Much | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...smacks his lips, and challenges mom to a toast. Cries of "Ganbei! [Cheers!]" echo in the hall as faces flush and cigarettes are lit. Tourists from Japan, Taiwan and Korea eye one another, making prideful toasts. A table is accidentally tipped over, a pitcher smashes to pieces, and a janitor mops up. Then the next group's shouts and laughter spill into the room as the bartender begins to pour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Time You're In ... Qingdao | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

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