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Word: knowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...know that there are many good solutions to the problems of theatre in a university," he said last week, "and I will be glad of the opportunity at Princeton to work hard in an area of teaching I feel ought to be a legitimate part of any modern curriculum-and also to continue teaching in a departmental situation...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Seltzer To Do The Tiger Rag | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

WHAT ABOUT parietals? "I stopped two boys last night. They don't even know when they're allowed to have girls in here and when they're not. But they climinated the sign-in book last year and extended the hours, so that makes that job a lot easier...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: The Vagabond Night Watch | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

What does a night watchman do? "Our hours are 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. We're here to help the boys. They forget their keys or their fuses blow. Things come up you don't know about. Every hour we check in with the switchboard. We walk around the building every now and then and then and answer the phone. At one o'clock we lock the Senior and Junior Common Rooms, the library, and the music rooms. I have to lock the Society of Fellows room on Monday night or whenever they have a party...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: The Vagabond Night Watch | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...trouble from radicals, we're supposed to leave and call the police. We aren't equipped or trained to handle these people, and I'm old and my fighting days are over. I was the one who found all those naked people in the laundry room last spring, you know. I called the senior tutor before calling the police. The boys were having a hell of a time. I tried to talk to them, but they didn't make any sense...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: The Vagabond Night Watch | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...comes in asking for change for a quarter. He is followed by a tutor wanting to know if the Senior Common Room bar has been restocked since "all those foreigners drank it up this summer." He gives the boy his change and tells the tutor there are several boxes of liquor in the entry basement...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: The Vagabond Night Watch | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

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