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Word: midnight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably would be, but the Saturday night devotee of the House library could probably adjust himself to staying until it closes, and then patronize one of Cambridge's excellent food or drink shops until midnight. But essentially this is a problem for roommates to work out among themselves, and it could be done as easily for midnight parietals as it now is for eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tick-Tock | 12/1/1956 | See Source »

...Masters should see the pointlessness of the eleven p.m. hour, which was a Student Council idea originally, and extend Saturday room permission until midnight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tick-Tock | 12/1/1956 | See Source »

...Student Council last night asked for a limited revision of House parietal hours, extension of the present Saturday night exodus point from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight. Only two of the Council members at last night's meeting opposed the motion, which was initiated by the Council Executive Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Requests Limited Revision Of Parietal Rules | 11/27/1956 | See Source »

From the headquarters of the International Longshoremen's Association in New York one midnight last week flashed the word to nearly 400 of the union's locals: strike. Shortly before, I.L.A. President William V. Bradley had waddled out of a negotiation session with the New York Shipping Association to give the reason: I.L.A. contracts had expired and "the employers have failed to grant [our] just demands." That morning 25,000 New York longshoremen responded to the strike call, and by week's end they had been joined by 35,000 other I.L.A. members from Portland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Paralysis in the Ports | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...BUDAPEST THERE WERE BATTLES THIS NIGHT . . . FOUGHT FOR 74 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT SHOT . . . NOBODY COULD . . . GUN FIRING . . . HUNGARIAN JOURNALISTS HAD MEETING AND ALL PROTESTED . . . THATS ALL AT THIS MOMENT . . . SORRY MADE MISTAKES BUT MY HAND WOUNDED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: The Unvanquished | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

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