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Word: janitoring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...investigation netted one suspect, a 54-year-old janitor who surrendered to police and was charged with killing another prostitute, red-haired Irene Lockwood, whose nude body was found in the Thames last month. The murder scare had another unexpected payoff for police. Fearful that a Jack the Stripper was still at large, whores stayed home by the thousands, cleaning London's sidewalks more effectively than all the vice squads in Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Jack the Stripper | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

...strung end to endless. Traffic is banished from streets along the route, and 250,000 spectators line the curbs five deep in spots. Newspapers run extras, and TV and radio carry the scene into thousands of Boston homes. Why not? Where else could Sam Oellet, a 59-year-old janitor from Augusta, Me., put on his long-johns and run in the same race with a barefoot 17-year-old? And where else could a fat man in a sweatshirt with MCDONALD'S HAMBURGERS written across the front swap liniment with an Olympic champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: For Glory, & for Stew | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...going to be elegant, dammit," promised the organizers a month ago, and it was nothing if not elegant. All the girls wore floor-length dresses, the floors of Agassiz ballroom were polished up to a high sheen, and even the janitor had on a black tie (with his dark suit...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: Big 'Cliffe Dance Snows the Fans | 3/24/1964 | See Source »

...most students, Harvard Summer School begins and ends with the janitor. Sometime between today and Saturday at noon, all students living on campus will go through the traditional mustering out ceremonies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students to Undergo Traditional Rites As Summer Nears End | 8/21/1963 | See Source »

Central to this procedure is the surrender of the room key to the dorm janitor. This gentleman will also request the following items: mailbox key, linens, and blankets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students to Undergo Traditional Rites As Summer Nears End | 8/21/1963 | See Source »

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