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Word: janitored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...joined Markem when it was founded in 1911. He soon became its top salesman, and in 1929, its president. Proud that his non-union company has never laid off a single man, he speaks fondly of his employees as "the Markem gang," refers to the plant's janitor as "the man in charge of cleanliness facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Youth Be Served | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...they left Howard Johnson's where they were dining, and marched to the Lowell House. They consulted the janitor, who said. "Wait here." He telephoned Bert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fair-Haired Boy Lures Nine | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

Prior to Plan E, Cambridge voted for its Councilmen through 11 wards. Each Councilman looked after the interests of his own district at City Hall and saw to it that the school janitor who had been so helpful in getting out the vote got a promotion and perhaps a bonus at Christmas...

Author: By Rudolph Kass and William M. Simmons, S | Title: Political Struggle In Cambridge... | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

...Charles Wharton, follow, plucking their merry way through "Wait Till The Sun Shines Nelly." With neither pause nor protest, Mr. Bones, James Shine (electrician) rolls out in front of those staid footlights to the tune of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," followed by Langdell Hall's own Chick Wyman (janitor) crooning in Bostonese the beloved strains of "Are You From Dixie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Workers Don 'Black Face' Tonight | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

...great gush, like a city that has survived a plague, the campus came to life. Bare walls suddenly had pictures; windows had bright new curtains. In the roadways, cars were emptied of bridge lamps, wastebaskets and even a pair of antlers. In one house a janitor wrestled with a trunk ("I should be twins today"). The Head of House tried to make everyone feel at home. "The girls get prettier every year," she burbled. "At least we think so for the first few days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Just Well Rounded | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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