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...years passed. Dust veneered the walls that Alexander Alexandroff would not repaint. Dirt grimed the windows that he would not wash, settled thickly on the unswept floor. Deeds, bank books, letters and records of his clients were stacked on the floor, in chronological order, the oldest on the bottom, until they towered in huge, confused piles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Uncle Alex | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

...knelt with dignity upon the Metropolitan's splintery stage and prayed for his redemption. The prayer over, Baritone Schorr got up and, with a regal gesture, threw his black mantle about his shoulders. The gesture enveloped him in a cloud of dust from the Metropolitan's unswept stage. The audience guffawed. When the act was over, Friedrich Schorr sulked in the wings, refused to come back for a single curtain call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Flying Dustman | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...swept, purified and sanded, to make a wrong turn might seem impossible. Suddenly Sergeant Honda's heart was in his throat, his eyes bulged and sweat poured from his forehead. His pilot car had made a wrong turn. He was leading the Divine Emperor down a street unswept, unsanded, and unguarded! As horrified courtiers later reported, "'The surprised spectators were not even fittingly garbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: God's Detour | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

...rooms in the Yard were untouched and unswept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: II. THE REVOLT OF THE GOODIES. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

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