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Word: janitoring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, snubbed by Harvard, the bust moved to M.I.T., where it wound up on the steps of Tech's Walker Memorial Hall. There an art-loving janitor took it in tow, and presented it to puzzled M.I.T. officials, who had absolutely no idea where Charles Tallman came from, who he was, or what to do with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statue from Syracuse Receives Snub Here | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

DeRosa, formerly employed as a janitor at "Sudden Service" Shea's, is accused of bludgeoning the elderly man to death in connection with the robbery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shea Murder Case Jury Starts Work | 5/18/1950 | See Source »

Assistant Dean Wesley E. Bevins, Jr., announced yesterday that the Law School Association, the alumni records, and the fund office will move into the hall as soon as the janitor's apartment and the storage space in the basement are converted into offices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Langdell Offices Move to Hastings | 5/18/1950 | See Source »

Jack of All Trades. Jones, born on a farm near Webb City, Mo., started at the bottom. At 21, he quit Vanderbilt University to take a $45-a-month job as "cashier, bookkeeper, janitor and meter repairman" for Doherty's Webb City & Carterville Gas Co. A self-taught wizard with figures, he moved up to auditor and treasurer of Doherty's electric company at Joplin, Mo. When he went to Manhattan that year for a company meeting, Jones's knowledge of budgeting so impressed Frank Frueauff, Doherty's partner, that Jones was made Frueauff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: One Hundredfold | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

...surprise announcement by the department followed a complete perusal of the student-drawn murals by the new janitor and officials of the department. According to French, the rooms will be closed until the scribblings have been completely eradicated. "It's a form of punishment," French said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Obscene Pictures Deck Paine Walls | 4/18/1950 | See Source »

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