Word: janitoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...women in an apartment near Lewis' new headquarters thought they heard gunshots. But they were watching a TV show called Naked City, a cops-'n'-robbers thriller about New York-and what were a few gunshots more or less? The ladies did nothing. Next morning a janitor went into Lewis' office. On his new carpet lay Ben Lewis, his wrists bound in handcuffs, a dead cigarette in his fingers, and three bullet holes in the back of his skull...
...each week. He took up painting. One day, trying to read Shakespeare aloud, he discovered he had a speech impediment. He found his tongue was tied- attached to the floor of the mouth by too much flesh. He went to a surgeon, had it freed, and worked as a janitor in a drama school in order to learn to speak properly. He was soon the friend and protege of John Barrymore. He married Cecil B. DeMille's daughter, but proudly refused to work for his father-in-law and made it on his own at a different studio, meanwhile...
...envy the janitor or the gallery cat that might slip in after the crowds disperse to view this man's work...
Gigot. A nice sentimental comedy in which Jackie Gleason plays a Parisian janitor and looks like an overweight hippopotamus impersonating the poor little match girl...
...Every seat filled in New Lecture Hall (Lowell to those who don't understand); 1000 reported waiting outside. Tocsin types dash around looking vastly important. A janitor walks up to the microphone, intones "testing, one, two, three." The crowd applauds; one man shouts back "No Testing." Cheers. Marty Peretz walks in and out--some twenty times in five minutes. A small, restive block of freshmen in the balcony brandish furled umbrellas. An air of contained excitement and considerable expectation. The CRIMSON has infiltrated: at least 15 editors scattered throughout the hall. Faint rhythmic applause; let's get something started...