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Word: watchman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tiny little problems do crop up, however. Sex. Money. Family. When his harsh father (Arthur Kennedy) cuts off support, Richard has to take a night-watchman's job. Yvette causes gossip when she befriends a pansy florist and accepts baby-sitting jobs at the home of a kept woman. But soon Yvette becomes pregnant, and spring arrives bringing birdsong, title song, birth, graduation, and a proper Catholic wedding. Short of a winning ticket in the Irish Sweepstakes, who could ask for anything more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Marriage-Go-Round | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

Fifteen minutes later, according to McConahey, a night watchman appeared. After instructing McConahey to report all fires to the Fire Dept., the watchman proceded to set a good example...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conflagration Sweeps Quincy House Couch | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...took a betrayal to finish Kocero. Early this month he seized a night watchman at a petroleum company camp near the town of Sürt and demanded his help in heisting the camp's monthly payroll. The guard told Kocero that the payroll was not due until the following night, and swore it on the Koran. When Kocero returned with his men for the robbery the next night, the local gendarmes were waiting for them. During the struggle that followed, Kocero was caught by a shotgun's blast, but somehow he managed to stagger off badly wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey: I Am But a Simple Murderer | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

...bathing and a fine variety of Viking graves, castle ruins and old country estates within visiting distance. Small inns and pensions are scattered through the area, as well as a modern hotel, Hvide Hus (White House). Visitors to Ebeltoft will also hear the old reassuring sound of a night watchman singing out the hour as he makes his nocturnal rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: The Precious Few | 6/26/1964 | See Source »

...week. He competed only twice all last season, and his haphazard practice sessions this year are limited to two nights a week. "It's always in the dark," says Long. "I used to climb the playground fence at the grammar school down the block, but the night watchman didn't like that much. So now I use a piece of sidewalk in the park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: The Prince of Put | 6/12/1964 | See Source »

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