Word: watchmen
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...want a 40-hour week instead of the 44-hour week they are now working, with the same pay. Watchmen, who now work 48 hours a week, also want a 40-hour week with some overtime guaranteed. The amount has ben left up to the negotiating committee...
...herded into a "bare, stinking stable ground" for lodging. Instantly, a horde of Moslem peddlers descended, offering "rushes and branches of trees to lay on the ground . . . water of roses . . . balsam . . . musk ..." Young Arabs so annoyed the pilgrims with their pilfering that the pilgrims were forced to hire watchmen to keep the intruders...
Such things as ladders hoisted to second floor windows don't bother the night watchmen much Purtell claims. "We've encountered only two second story crews this year, and they were unsuccessful. In one of these attempts at Cabot Hall, the climbers left their ladder for us to take care of in the morning...
Other misdemeanors which the watchmen have witnessed this year include cars driven over the lawn, a few cases of "four o'clock howlers" (men who speak into the Quad and call for their women at four a.m.) and a couple of "beer-bottle-breaking parties...
...Night watchmen, incidentally, are not allowed to interfere with parked cars unless they are violating parking rules...