| 单词 | janitor |
| 例句 | After he graduated, he and Margaret built their first lab in a janitor’s quarters at Hopkins—they spent weeks wiring, painting, plumbing, building counters and cabinets, paying for much of it with their own money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And that poor janitor’s next panic attack would be on me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z A black janitor who was sweeping the hallway asked why she was crying. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the man with the shovel—he was the janitor at my old school. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran into the janitor’s office and grabbed Florence Nightingale off the desk and ran back out. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The black teacher and her colleagues, including the principal, made less money than the school’s white janitor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The one that knocked his tooth out has got himself a purple, steel-buttoned outfit that looks like a cast-off janitor uniform. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Is that what they call the janitor at your fancy new school? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Finally, they were rescued by a Titan janitor named Bob who had Einstein hair, silver eyes, and wicked broom skills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She and Percy followed Bob, the golden mud flecks from Hyperion’s burst bubble glowing on his janitor’s uniform. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I went to the janitor’s room, picked up the cleaning cart, and began cleaning the offices on the first floor. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We picked our way to the concessions truck, through a sparse, gloomy gathering of janitors and maintenance men. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I forced myself not to take any pictures—it was Tucker; Tucker was not a hallucination, even if he was hanging out in a janitors’ closet—and ducked into the nearest bathroom to change. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z At that time of night, even the janitors had left. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Almost immediately the door across the hall opened and Mr. Bodler, the janitor, looked out. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The offices were closed when they arrived, but they banged on the door and asked a janitor to let them in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The church janitor and another helper of the church were our witnesses. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d call him Rin Tin Tin too, and I’d take him to school with me, where he could stay in the janitor’s room or by the bicycle racks when the weather was good. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Behind her is our janitor, Mr. Brody, who is usually all smiles, but not today. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You can get a spare for free from the janitor, but it won’t have the school crest. And don’t expect it to fit. Or have been washed.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I was hoping for orderly. Or maybe janitor.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was very beautiful, sad music, which was how Raymie knew that it was probably Chopin and that it was probably the janitor playing it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z When she first started working, the only jobs she qualified for were janitor, maid, and waitress. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He had been employed at the beginning, before any records were kept, and actually functioned as an engineer though he drew a janitor's pay. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Coach, if Coach had hair on his face and was a janitor. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Soon my father took a job as a janitor at an elementary school. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I followed the janitor pushing his dry mop along the floor as people carrying travel bags danced around him or found seats. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As she passes by, she warns us, “Be sure you clean underneath there. Don’t leave food on the floor for the janitors. It’s not their job to clean up after clubs.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “That little yellow bird. In the cage in the janitor’s office.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Like yesterday,” Roy went on, “when you tried to kill me in the janitor’s closet. Remember? You ended up getting whupped by a girl, stripped naked, and strung to a flagpole.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Harrison was in charge while her husband was away on business when a black janitor passed along a tip: Word on the street was that neighbors were planning to bomb the Harrison house. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His blue janitor’s coveralls were ripped between the shoulder blades, as if someone had tried to stab him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It seemed like a hundred years ago that Dana Matherson had tried to strangle him inside the janitor’s closet, but it had happened only that afternoon. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Isabelle, the music of Chopin was too mournful, and the janitor needed to stop playing it because the world was mournful enough on its own. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z But the more time I spend with her at school, the more I realize that pretty much everyone gets inarticulate around her—guys, girls, teachers, administrators, janitors, librarians, classroom pets. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They were closing the dining hall by the time we arrived, and the janitors had already started to mop the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His janitor’s uniform was slashed with new claw marks, but he looked delighted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Miss Carol could have called the janitor on the intercom. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Once inside, he paused several times on the stair to remark upon scraps of debris that the janitor had missed, feebly kicking at them with his foot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Only Freddie the janitor took liberties with Macon Dead, liberties he purchased with the services he rendered, and Freddie was the last person on earth to tell him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They are janitors and construction workers and garbage collectors; they make fabric and operate trains and drive buses. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She leads me down dim hallways, empty except for the occasional janitor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “The janitor was just as important a person as the Nobel scientist who came through, because he had his job to do,” he reflected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It whooshes out old janitor smells—feet, beef jerky, shirts left in the washer too long. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We were also in the janitor's room rinsing paintbrushes the next Friday when Melissa told me how a woman got pregnant. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But as he was crossing toward Mr. Crane’s house, the janitor waved to him from the portico that connected the main school building and the cafeteria. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I needed money for rent, so I got a job as a janitor for the engineering building. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The janitors, the laborers, the cafeteria workers themselves did not take lunch in the main cafeteria. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The principal and assistant principal and janitor and teachers all helped. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She’d never felt sorry for a Titan before, but it didn’t seem right taking a brainwashed immortal and turning him into an unpaid janitor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had worked briefly as an automotive parts salesman, a janitor, a car wash attendant, and a short-order cook at the local A&W fast-food franchise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Totally brave. But then a janitor at their university turned them in, and they were both executed. Some of the others were, too. By guillotine.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Take away Bob’s broom and his janitor’s clothes, put him in armor and cut his hair, change his color scheme from silver to gold, and Iapetus would have been almost indistinguishable from Hyperion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So first I went to the first floor girls’ room, but then a janitor came in to disinfect, and I had to leave. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I need to clear my brain! Get out of my head. Do something physical. Maybe I’ll go shoot some hoops or see if the janitor needs help sweeping the hallways.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody’s out there. It’s the janitor. He’s around the corner, heading our way.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z So much garbage had piled up in his brief absence, Mr. Schroeder, the school janitor, had to haul it out of the building in giant rolling trash bins. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an exit there for the janitors,” she said excitedly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Carefully, I open the door to the janitor’s closet, grabbing the paper towels from a packed shelf of cleaning supplies and trying not to wake her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The principal, the secretary, the nurse, and the janitor—none of them believed her. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I haven’t stumbled into a classroom; it is an old janitor’s closet that smells like sour sponges. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He showed the janitor his ID, but claimed ignorance on the other two boys’ identities. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Spoon rushed us over to a janitor’s closet on the lower level. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Is it about the history of this school’s vice principal having his office inside an old janitor’s closet complete with a mop sink?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Nightingale. Nightingale. It’s in the janitor’s office. I went in there to see if the janitor would help Beverly fight the goblin, and then surprise! I found the book! Also, I let the bird go.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Tucker. What are you doing in the janitors’ closet?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Luckily, in the winter of 1957, Roberto found a part-time job working year-round as a janitor at Main Street Elementary School in Santa Maria, California. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Jamie Lowry had somehow stolen the bolt cutter from the janitor’s room at school. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Luke sat with her for another two or three minutes before the janitor came in, earphones on, and nearly fell over when he saw them sitting on the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In the letter, I had promised to work for him after school at Tuttle’s Toys as a janitor, or whatever, until the money for the stolen Legos had been paid. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The janitor did a more complicated whistle, and the bird answered him with a song of his own. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And pretty soon, a janitor opened the front door and all of the other kids strolled inside. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I climb down fast, drop to the crate by the wall, race across the mulch, through the doors opened by the janitor, who lets them slam behind me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Even those employed as waiters and janitors might be enticed to leave personal service for the higher wages of the stockyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everyone spreads throughout the building in search of janitor’s closets, per my instruction to find a ladder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we already have a janitor,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie told him in her new crisp hard way that it was janitor or no home, as it was harder and harder each month to get the rent money together. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the janitor empty the trash cans on the other side of the cafeteria. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We pass janitors painting over the sign in front of the high school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Francie found that the different feeling in this school came mostly from the janitor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A misshapen old janitor trudged in with mop and pail and began, with weary grunting noises, to slop water on the floor by the beverage center. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Oh that! The janitor puts the flowers in. Or somebody. Anything else?” she asked impatiently. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was a caterer as well as a janitor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Unless she had a spy camera set up in the janitor’s closet. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The janitors could not use the elevators because Burnham had ordered them turned off after dark to conserve power for the fair’s nightly illuminations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He looked past the water fountain and noticed that the door to the janitor’s closet was ajar. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Yesterday a sophomore rode down the stairs in the janitor’s garbage can. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m going to complain to the janitor about the radiators,” Theodora said from behind her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z With their recommendation, most of the redecorated locker room stays as we designed it, tweaked only to comply with the fire code and the janitor's needs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even Beverly was silent, listening, while the janitor and the yellow bird sang to each other. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Our principal thinks we don’t need a janitor,” said Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If Mary had applied for a job as janitor, the doors to the school would swing wide open. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mondays are always hard, but on the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend you can tell nobody wants to be in school—not the kids, not the teachers, not the janitors or the lunch ladies. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Folks on Stella’s side of town worked as maids and cooks, janitors and sharecropping farmers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Without a janitor swishing a mop and swabbing the decks, the floor felt extremely gummy. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It sounded as though they were discussing a Rockefeller or a Mellon—and not some gray-headed, dignity- posturing bank janitor, or bond-house messenger. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, the Agency sent an inexperienced undercover agent, codenamed COMPASS, to pose as a janitor at a residence hall for American embassy staff in Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z To be a janitor at some downtown store was to be highly respected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Four men, including the one in the janitor uniform and another with only one leg, performed the roles of soldiers and carried real spears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I can get some paper towels and spray from a janitor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He thought about when Flora had shown him the picture of Alfred T. Slipper in his janitor uniform, and how Alfred had been transformed into the bright light that was Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z To pay for his tuition and expenses, James worked as a carpenter and as the school's janitor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “At least a janitor’s work is honest,” Bob said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You sure got to watch ’em,” Dave, the night janitor, would say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had been a janitor for our apartment high-rise before he died, his late mother a cook at my grade school. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The janitor must have turned off the furnace, because there was no noise. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some now worked downtown, messengers, janitors, things like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His keys were jangling, and his janitor boots were making a very authoritative sound as they hit the polished floor of the Golden Glen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Somehow we made it to the janitors’ closet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I would arrive at Commons, chilled and exhausted, just as the janitor was unlocking the building for the day. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Quite a few pennies found swept into the corner by Mr. Munch, the school's janitor. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z When I was the last student left in the cafeteria, the janitor, who was putting the chairs on the tabletops so the floor could be mopped, told me it was time to go. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Gonna be a scorcher today,” said the janitor as I passed him in the hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And I was the student at Stanford who remembered to notice the Mexican-American janitors and gardeners working on campus. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, neither did the nearsighted, unassuming janitor Alfred T. Slipper. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I could hear the sound of the janitor’s lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Miss Carol told me to go get the janitor and tell him the principal wants him to clean up the mess in the boys’ room. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Roberto came only on Saturdays and Sundays because he worked full-time as a janitor for the Santa Maria school district. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Auntie worked as a maid and Uncle as a janitor—same as before the war. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Martin found a janitor's job in a hotel emptying garbage cans, sweeping, and mopping. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One was a janitor, and one was my son’s uncle. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our next-door neighbor, a janitor, decided to change his profession and become an insurance agent. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I look behind the janitor and see a narrow metal door built into the wall. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z School janitors take too much bossing all week to listen to an extra helping on weekends. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday I saw a bunch of the building janitors chasing that scrawny red chicken around with nets. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z When we arrived at the school, we headed down to the basement to the janitor’s room to get the cleaning cart. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the janitor saw that they were both in tears, he took pity on them and ushered them inside. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I see a wide-eyed, terrified janitor clutching a plunger. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Philip Turner vomited into a janitor’s sink surrounded by mops and pails. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I volunteered to come here. I used to be a janitor. I’m moving through the ranks, I guess.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We headed down to the basement of the main building to the janitor’s room to get the cleaning cart. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The resulting volume of garbage overwhelmed its disposal system, which consisted of janitors bumping large barrels of fetid garbage down the same three flights of stairs used by customers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I wrote these letters in the mornings before work, in the library, during my sessions of prolonged loitering in Commons, where I remained every evening until asked to leave by the janitor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Railroad Tommy had given him a janitor’s job to save him from the poorhouse, workhouse, or nuthouse, one. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Baking scones and cupcakes for the school janitors, watching Guiding Light with our mothers, collecting rose petals for use in a fragrant potpourri: anything worth doing turned out to be a girl thing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Freddie’s janitor duties at the department store were supplemented by his function as a messenger and package deliverer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Rudolf Schmidt was the name of the janitor of our dorm. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z There were a couple of cages for showgirls to dance in, but no one was in the lounge now except a janitor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But now,” said Kojo, “they just up and fire the janitor because they want us to pick up our own trash?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Once I caught sight of Sahil coming down the hallway and leaped into the janitor’s closet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At dawn, they left the school scrubbed, shiny, warm and ready for the daytime janitor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was cutting across the quad one day and one of the janitors saw me, said, “Hey, you’re that girl who spins on her head!” and I was legitimately freaked out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The only sound in the empty school was the slap of his tennis shoes against the checkered floor and the drone of the janitor’s vacuum coming from the teachers’ lounge. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Someone who had snuck in when the janitor wasn’t looking? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “You know what, Libby? He’s not—my dad isn’t actually a doctor. He’s just a janitor at the hospital.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z With his sandals and mustache, he appeared to be a sixties type or some sort of a low-grade employee, maybe a janitor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The few veterans among them worked as cooks or janitors or ship hands. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the janitors in Commons rousted me every night at closing time, I doubt they ever realized they spoke to the same boy twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My father started the school three years before I was born, and he was teacher, accountant, and principal—as well as janitor, handyman, and chief mechanic. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And you could never be sure, for at home an old man employed as a janitor at the Water Works was the only one who knew the location of all of the water mains. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The janitor had a determined look on his face. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Stroud had already called the police, who I guess had already called Eastham Middle, as if Joseph might be hiding out in the janitor’s closet or something. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z And so they continued; by the end, Raymie had written a letter of complaint for Isabelle, detailing how the Golden Glen janitor played the wrong kind of music on the common-room piano. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z During the years that Venkatesh lived with J. T.’s gang, foot soldiers often asked his help in landing what they called “a good job”: working as a janitor at the University of Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z So Humason took odd jobs at the observatory—electrician’s assistant, janitor, swabbing the floors of the telescope he had helped to build. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have at least one other genius in the house, eh? But what’ll we do if the janitor sees?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A few days later, I studied her while we washed paintbrushes in the janitor's room. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Maybe I should bribe a janitor to haul all this stuff to my house, make my bedroom more like this, more like home. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a janitor had locked me in with this girl for the night. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If someone is a janitor, that’s noble, it’s a respectable job. But they should make sure their kids grow up to own a cleaning business.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z After classes, she went to the library and stayed until the janitor came in and told her to leave. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Bright, lifeless roses that lay in peck baskets for months until the specialty buyer at Gerhardt’s sent Freddie the janitor over to tell the girls that they could use another gross. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked as a janitor at a one-room school- house not far from the Stanford campus, and throughout the day, Cowell would sneak away from his job and play the school piano. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She pointed at Alfred in his janitor uniform. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z In an attempt to silence her, Anthony went backstage and ordered the janitor to cut off the gaslights, leaving Woodhull and the entire membership in the dark. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He had been a carpenter, janitor, teacher, preacher, college president, lawyer, state senator, and general. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The janitor took pity on me and cleaned off the wall above my locker, even though I can still see the flecks of red crayon embedded in the crannies of the painted cinder blocks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “This malfeasance must be stopped” was what the unassuming janitor Alfred T. Slipper always said before he was transformed into the amazing Incandesto and became a towering, crime-fighting pillar of light. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can see if the janitor’s closet is open,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z That why he worked so many odd jobs—shoe shiner during the day, busboy at one of the local bars at night, and even a janitor at Mount Carmel. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Porter, Guitar, Freddie the janitor, and three or four other men were exploding, shouting angry epithets all over the room. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The janitors’ closet was next to my chemistry room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She and her mother and two little sisters had rented the little semibasement apartment next' to where Mr. Bodler, the janitor, lived. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why would a janitor be in the ICU?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence the janitor who lives in one room but sports a robin’s-egg-blue Cadillac is not laughed at but admired, and the domestic who buys forty-dollar shoes is not criticized but is appreciated. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I also didn't know her mom was a janitor. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z No janitor has chilled in this closet for a very long time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Johnny finally gave in after promising that he would do all the janitor work until he got a steady job when they would move again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Titan was ten feet tall, with wild silver Einstein hair, pure silver eyes, and muscular arms protruding from a ripped-up blue janitor’s uniform. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The second-floor janitor had seen him slouched on a bench outside the archaeology annex. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z No warders, no janitors, no carpenters, no clop-clop-clop of a secretary’s heels crossing the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The janitor stood and looked out into the darkness. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Eric and Caroline had met at the school, where he was a janitor. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I’m getting a spare from the janitor tomorrow,” I said quickly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For a time he was a janitor at a fancy department store. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Uh, they said I could get a uniform from the janitor.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Yeah, of course. Spoon it is. You said before that your dad is the janitor here, right?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z To bathe, there was only an open wash basin, like a janitor’s sink, with a showerhead rigged up above. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One of the juggling brothers kind of laughs at the janitor’s exposed butt crack, and my face goes hot. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Eventually, Herbert found a permanent job as a janitor with the United States Radium Corporation in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the janitor tapped Annabeth’s forearm and it mended instantly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But early in the morning like this, when the janitors and the folks who do the cooking are just making their way in, the door is unlocked. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Annabeth yelped and tried to crawl away, but the giant janitor wasn’t interested in her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Minutes later the black janitor walked in, holding a mop, smiling. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I ate my lard sandwiches with paralytic slowness, but sooner or later, the janitor started putting the chairs up on the tables. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She hoped some Chinese, a janitor or a clerk, would look out for Moon Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “My grandfather was a janitor at Stanford hospital,” said Dr. Miller, who recalled his grandmother telling him, “‘This place is for geniuses.’” For a State Representative, the Ideal Candidate 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z When Buckley’s character meets the janitor and says she can barely remember meeting Jake, that he’s a mosquito from 40 years ago, this is reflective of reality. The ballet, the janitor, the parents: discuss I'm Thinking of Ending Things with spoilers 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Young Beth meets an odd, reclusive janitor in her orphanage’s basement. Perspective | ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Downtown businesses sold to African-Americans but would hire them only as janitors. 2010-02-13T00:22:00Z The question was whether people wearing janitor attire would more likely be viewed as black. Studied: When Color Is Reflected in a Janitor?s Outfit - Studied 2011-10-14T23:24:54Z Let Me Hear You Whisper, which aired as a TV production nearly 50 years ago, is also about a female janitor in a laboratory who bonds with a sea creature whom she attempts to save. Playwright's family sues The Shape of Water film-makers over works' similarities 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Cesar is an aspiring pro player who quits his job with the St. Louis Cardinals when he can't advance beyond being clubhouse janitor. Baseball saga "Perfect Game" doesn't round bases 2010-04-20T01:22:00Z Casey Affleck, who won for his lead role as a grieving janitor in "Manchester by the Sea," used his acceptance speech to say "the policies of this administration are abhorrent and they won't last." 'Moonlight' sweeps Spirit Awards with six wins ahead of Oscars 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z During the day, Jorge worked on the campus of what is today San Jose State University as a janitor or in the cafeteria, before heading off to English classes. Los Tigres del Norte Breaks Boundaries 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “He treats every one with the same respect, from the janitor to Anne-Sophie Mutter, a soloist of great repute,” said Paul Silver, a violist. A Conductor Whose Worship Stands Apart 2010-02-19T16:42:00Z Meanwhile Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan’s drama about a grief-stricken Boston janitor followed with six nominations, alongside adoption drama Lion and Mel Gibson’s war epic Hacksaw Ridge. La La Land equals record for most Oscar nominations 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z All five of their children attended college, and this was done on the salary of a janitor and a seamstress. Susan Rice Recounts Making Policy at the Highest Levels 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But, he says, he’s still in “Hollywood’s janitor closet”. Fifty shades of gross – Marlon Wayans on body fungus, weird sex and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Casey Affleck, another anticipated favorite, won best actor for portraying a Massachusetts janitor buried in grief in the quiet drama “Manchester by the Sea.” ‘There’s been a mistake. ‘Moonlight,’ you guys won.’: An Oscars shocker, in more ways than one 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Herbert Dean worked as a janitor and was illiterate. Walter Dean Myers: Ambassador for Young People?s Literature 2012-01-03T05:00:00Z In the meantime, I work as a janitor at a gym. Shanequa Benitez: how I started dealing drugs 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z “From the janitor to the principal, they all addressed him a certain way,” he said. A Men’s Label, Born on Instagram 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Hayden has said the subject is a friend who, like himself, was an artist who supported himself as a janitor. ‘Fighting for Change’: Life as a Black Artist 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z One person's custodian is another's janitor, there to keep things tidy but easily replaceable. In defense of The Arconia's grand dame on "Only Murders in the Building" 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Stray claps sounded like they came from a handful of janitors sweeping up in the back. Summertime, and the living is uneasy for Jason Isbell 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z There they get to talking, and the janitor shows him his favorite part of his routine: opening the female employees’ desk drawers, looking for tampons stashed there. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Consider his other role this fall, as a scruffy janitor in Contagion, plaintively appealing for help keeping his son safe from the plague. John Hawkes? Strange and Dangerous Sex Appeal 2011-10-21T20:04:15Z His mother followed him there, living illegally, because she didn’t have the proper papers, in a series of awful quarters, including the bathroom of a school where she had found work as a janitor. Ilya Kabakov, Soviet-Born Artist of Immersive Installations, Dies at 89 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The support may help Ms. Sergelen realize her ultimate dream of doubling the salary of everyone in the theater, from janitors to divas. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z After he was fired from the band, he got a job as a school janitor, where he encouraged his co-worker Slim Dunlap to take that great new gig he’d been offered. Why Rock Criticism Was Essential to the Replacements 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z To cite specifics would be a spoiler, but a scene involving a school janitor isn’t based in any kind of reality that we can understand. Echo Theater's 'Dry Land' pulls no punches in tale of an unwanted pregnancy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z That spawned skits about a janitor recruited to play Hamlet; an Appalachian folk band called American Taliban; and a balding middle-aged man who is mistaken for a skinhead. Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Opens in East Village 2011-10-30T22:40:20Z J, the mysterious janitor in “stop. reset.,” a play by Regina Taylor, is another matter. | Ismael Cruz Córdova: A Chameleon Onstage and on TV 2013-08-30T19:07:45Z There, Octavio works as a janitor for NASA's Johnson Space Center and encourages his young daughter's love of engineering. Space dad is the ultimate absentee father in "For All Mankind" and beyond 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Bread and Roses," a 2000 film about low-wage janitors in Los Angeles, is based on the Service Employees International Union's "Justice for Janitors movement. 5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z It was when his professor mistook him for a janitor, on hand in the classroom, apparently, to change a burnt-out lightbulb. Top 10 Nonfiction Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z My third uncle, Bob, also spent his life at the university, mostly as a janitor at the library. My backup mom 2013-02-27T23:30:00Z While a janitor at a cut-rate movie house, Big Wong buys a DVD duplicating machine and starts to thrive as a bootlegger, touting his “King of Peking Presents” discs. The Summer of Josh Brolin Continues, on Netflix 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Wiseman goes into the galleries and films janitors, guards, and members of the viewing public—but doesn’t record them speaking. Frederick Wiseman’s Relentless Museum Talk 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Ferrari, the author of several previous novels, works as a janitor in a Buenos Aires subway station, a job he obtained after he and his wife were deported from the United States in the 1990s. A Coke-Snorting Oligarch, a Gangrenous Finger and Other Noir Delights 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Beth also meets Noah, a scrawny janitor planning his own emancipation. The Walking Dead 'Slabtown' Recap: Grosser Than Gross 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z But when phone company janitors switched to a different floor wax, the Bakelite glides stuck. How to fix antique telephone operator stools 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z We live in a pricey museum, one that’s only open on weekends, and we are its janitors.” Bill Clegg’s ‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ navigates grief and recovery 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Myers moved with them to Harlem, where his adopted father worked as a janitor and his adopted mother cleaned houses. Meet the new kid-lit ambassador 2012-01-14T07:24:59Z When she's a janitor at the old folks home, we made her look as interesting as possible. "She goes chic very fast": "Poker Face" costume designer on creating Natasha Lyonne's iconic outfits 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z One of his student's essays, written by no less than the high-school janitor, moves him to tears. Stephen King's ambitious new novel, '11/22/63' 2011-11-11T21:02:03Z He then enrolled in Harvard University, where he received a law degree in 1968, making ends meet as a train worker and a janitor. James Alan McPherson, first black writer to win Pulitzer Prize in fiction, dies at 72 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Her mother worked at Sears; her father was a janitor. The Democratic Presidential Debates: The Candidates in The New Yorker 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z There are others scenes that confound, such as one involving the janitor watching a fake Robert Zemeckis film. Charlie Kaufman's exasperating "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" could've been a masterpiece 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z In this way do fiction and reality meld in misery and triumph as, this very day, janitors in California go out on strike and even Golden Gate Bridge workers will be protesting. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z Learning of an opening for a janitor there, he took the job in 1982. Earl Carroll, Lead Singer of the Cadillacs, Dies at 75 2012-11-27T04:04:33Z They include agents, makeup artists, hair stylists, tailors, janitors, stage hands, ushers, electricians, sound engineers, concession sellers, camera operators, administrators, construction crews, designers, writers, directors and more. A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Tom Kiefer was a Customs and Border Protection janitor for almost four years before he took a good look inside the trash. A Janitor’s Collection of Things Confiscated from Migrants in the Desert 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z For more than 30 years, he worked off and on as a janitor while battling bipolar disorder and scribbling dreamlike, often-beautiful poetry into notebooks. Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan, Lost and Found Jazz Stars, Are Both Gone 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I took a job as a janitor at the Detroit Edison Company to earn money for college. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z However, this is a nasty, highly infectious disease that is putting health care workers — from doctors to janitors — through the wringer. Perspective | Ask Amy: Layabout son should be shown the door 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The most arresting interlude occurs after the concert, when the narrator follows the janitor to his night job, cleaning a bank. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z He was a high school janitor and onetime boxer who, in his late 40s, submitted a short story to the New Yorker that, against all odds, the magazine published. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “Occasionally a janitor would take them out of the trash at night,” said Allan Daniel, a retired folk art dealer in New Jersey. Antiques: Americana Shows That Keep It Local 2011-03-31T20:37:29Z After investigating they discovered the glass case had been placed at the exhibition by a janitor. How a humble pineapple became art 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Seemingly unhampered by the resurfacing of allegations of sexual misconduct from his past, he’s racked up award after award for his performance as a taciturn janitor who becomes his nephew’s guardian. Here's Who Will Win at the Golden Globes 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z He studied at several schools in Sydney — the Dattilo-Rubbo Art School, the Julian Ashton Art School and the East Sydney Technical College — while working as a freelance cartoonist and a janitor to support himself. John Olsen, Who Helped Revolutionize Australian Art, Dies at 95 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z As long as there are no ghosts, twins, psychic janitors, loud carpets or Native American burial grounds around, you’re probably fine. From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z That unorthodox streak can work to their benefit, as with the janitor genius of the populist hit Good Will Hunting. Gus Van Sant: 'Whatever scene we're filming, we make it as hard as we can' 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The intervening years are quickly disposed of: our hero has settled in a village to the north of Dublin and become the janitor in the local school. The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z On payday, Katie, a janitor, throws coins into a tin, and each night she reads a page of Shakespeare and the Bible to her daughter, Francie, and, later, her son, Neely. A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z His partner gets slashed with a knife on her arm before the janitor plummets. The Killing US: episode three 2011-07-14T21:02:01Z She wrote to congressional leadership to demand janitors and food service workers in the government’s employ receive back pay. For Ayanna Pressley, the beauty of unexpected wins led to Congress and a historic office 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z So, yeah, I grew up in poverty and worked as a doughnut maker, pizza man, dishwasher, secretary, and janitor. This Week in Fiction: Sherman Alexie on the Strength of the Blue-Collar Worker 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Later, after dumping the janitor, Lauren takes up with a neighbor she met when he confronted her about piggybacking on his internet connection. Review: In ‘Engagements,’ Meet Me in the Gazebo for Spite and Hauteur 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Love Jacob as the sleeping security guard and Casey as the janitor. 'American Idol' Top 9 results deliver a shock 2011-04-08T01:26:00Z From a large pool of Delta and Port Authority employees she interviewed, the artist selected 16 whose stories of service inspired her, including a security guard, a taxi dispatcher, a janitor, pilots and flight attendants. Ready When You Are, Terminal C Is Now an Art Destination 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z In San Antonio and Butte and Cheyenne and Reliance they would meet miners, rodeo hands, slaughterhouse workers, bartenders, drifters, janitors and motel maids. Richard Avedon’s Portraits of the American West Ride Again 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Q: What would you have been -- a janitor or something? A Minute With: director Miguel Arteta at Sundance 2011-01-27T17:42:12Z “We don’t want to be the invisible janitors.” They Love Trash 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z The targets of his search included a highway grass cutter, a gravedigger and a janitor, all of whose musical talents were at the time basically unknown. Chris Strachwitz, Who Dug Up the Roots of American Music, Dies at 91 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps he had lunch sometimes with another janitor. My backup mom 2013-02-27T23:30:00Z While living in a rough Boston neighborhood and working as a janitor at M.I.T., he solves a graduate-level math problem left up on a blackboard. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ and ‘Good Will Hunting’ 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z It may require repeated viewings to understand everything Kaufman is trying to achieve — Guy Boyd's janitor remains largely an enigma — but the prospect of sitting through this film twice just feels excruciating. Charlie Kaufman's exasperating "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" could've been a masterpiece 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z I liked this book a lot because it switched narrators, from Alex and Herbert to this evil guy named Gordon, a janitor at the museum. Herbert's Wormhole by Peter Nelson and Rohitash Rao - review 2013-01-23T09:00:00Z A press canard about her having been discovered while scrubbing away as a janitor at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg cemented her reputation as the ultimate Anastasia type. Anna Netrebko May Be Extra, but That’s Why We Love Her 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The janitors, secretaries and Pullman porters who, quite simply, found joy against all odds. ‘Thinking of the past, considering the future.’ Inside the African American History and Culture Museum. 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z A decade later, Mr. Jones was working as a janitor at a high school in Lacey, Wash. When he finished polishing the floors during the graveyard shift, he went to the school library to read. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z None of them especially stood out, although Andrew Watts as the lofty Shaman and Eric Greene as the kind of levelheaded janitor you would want in a crisis, had their moments. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Returning home, he worked at Haviland's service station and then as a janitor at a JCPenney store, marrying a woman with two children. Vermont gas station attendant bequeaths millions to library, hospital 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z She still bikes to her job as a school janitor. After four decades, a Vietnamese woman reunites with the daughter airlifted to America 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z He worked a series of jobs from car salesman to taxi driver to barber and janitor before beginning to preach in 1969. BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Joy is restored when they find a town-hall basement to dig, in a country town called Popperville; in the end, Mary Anne becomes its furnace, and Mulligan its janitor. “Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He just had a feeling about this guy, this janitor, and listened to him, bet on him, and it all turned out good. "I have more dragons to slay": Tony Shalhoub is just getting started 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z As the onscreen ex-wife of Casey Affleck’s deadbeat janitor, Williams has one big scene that rivals the emotional impact of everything else in the film—a feat that the supporting categories typically reward. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z His father, Timothy, went from one job to the next – bartender, mechanic, janitor and, later, after battling alcoholism, an addiction counsellor. Ben Affleck: ‘My wildest dreams have come true, but at a price’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Here’s more: the entire purpose of the daydream is because the janitor is contemplating killing himself. The ballet, the janitor, the parents: discuss I'm Thinking of Ending Things with spoilers 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z A funny, unexpectedly touching look at how awful the first day of school is for the school building itself, until, helped by a kind janitor, it starts to enjoy the exuberant children and their learning. Notable Children’s Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z So my dad went out and bought an entire box of it, even though he was a broke undergraduate and worked night shifts as a janitor. When I came out to my parents, kimchi fried rice held us together 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Reduced to toiling as a janitor in the concert hall in which he was fired, the miserable Andrei still dreams of restoration. | 'The Concert': Radu Mihaileanu?s Comedy Focuses on Zany Orchestra 2010-07-29T21:15:00Z Such facilities might be located in the faculty lounge or janitor’s closet, nowhere near students’ classes or extracurricular activities. Separate is never equal: What “Hidden Figures” says about America’s trans bathroom debate 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Elias remembers her mother's tears when her father, "who had been treated like a king in Syria", had to find work as a janitor. Harley Loco by Rayya Elias – review 2013-06-14T09:00:11Z Thursday “Mr. G., wake up,” the night janitor, Hank, was saying. Critic?s Notebook: It Was Real, Cradle to Grave. Or Was It Just TV? 2011-10-18T22:32:54Z In the Danish director Anders Walter’s sentimental tear-jerker “Helium,” stories told by a hospital janitor to a dying boy lift the child’s spirits in his final days. | 'The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014': Oscar Shorts, From Surreal to Oh So Real 2014-01-30T22:56:19Z “These things are the only sign of life in this place,” the janitor says, taking one out. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Gene Luen Yang’s best-selling graphic novel series “Secret Coders” follows a group of kids who discover that their school’s janitor has a secret underground coding school, like Hogwarts, but for programming instead of magic. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z It is there, at a concert of amateur musicians who are Vietnam War veterans, that this aimless Canadian hears the janitor’s unfinished concerto, named for a fellow soldier. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z And “my father got restless, and in the second act when Betty Buckley started singing, he started jangling his keys — that was when all dads had, like janitor keys,” he said. Just Say ‘Cats,’ and Watch the Fur Fly 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “We have a janitor service that does that.” The ‘Mysteries’ Cast Discuss Life as Struggling Actors 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s like watching a movie—Bill post-Bonwit’s, working as a janitor in a town house in exchange for a room to show his hats. Bill Cunningham Was So Alive 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Lawyers and janitors, stay-at-home moms and social media consultants, preschoolers and store owners — all ditching work or any other plans for a glimpse of Messi. Lionel Messi gets a hero’s welcome from fans across Washington 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, we reached an arresting state of intolerance when the Disney organization, founded by a man with a mustache, would not allow one even on a janitor. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z At 15, he toiled as a janitor for his school district. The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z When I was growing up in Louisiana it was segregated, and a janitor made it possible for us to play basketball and football. An Interview With Garth Fagan and Wynton Marsalis 2012-09-26T18:22:55Z For the next five decades, apart from brief stints as a janitor, he made his living as a poet. The Homegrown Language of Les Murray 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z A female janitor steals a pair of high-heeled shoes from a hallway shoe rack. The recession and its discontents in films by Cao Fei at the Mistake Room 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Her main source of refuge is playing chess with the orphanage’s janitor in the building’s basement. Check her out: how Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit thrills with fashion 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z “If you were Black and you were a painter and probably supporting yourself with another job, people were not calling you an artist — they were calling you the janitor,” Ms. Vookles said. ‘Fighting for Change’: Life as a Black Artist 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z After graduating from Shaker Heights high school in 1957, he held down a series of short-lived jobs, including stints as a janitor and an elevator operator. Harvey Pekar obituary 2010-07-13T12:56:00Z Episode of the year: Start with the addictive first episode, in which Julian the janitor sets the scene. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Though, the company noted, the part of his story about him rising from a janitor to a marketing director was accurate. Is ‘Flamin’ Hot’ a True Story? Well … Let Us Explain. 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Her mother, the child of a Maine janitor and seamstress, became known as "the godmother of the Pell Grants," which she helped develop as vice president of what is now the College Board. Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Right after graduating, I got a job at a local elementary school where my mom was working as a janitor. From nanny to international art star: Ramiro Gomez on how his paintings reveal the labor that makes California cool possible 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z According to one study, more than 60% of white males aged 20 to 49 with jobs in the service sector, like waiters and janitors, were married in 1960. How the American Family Has Changed Dramatically 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Juxtaposing white-collar callousness with brown-collar invisibility, Mr. Russo — who worked as a janitor for 11 years — picks at society’s pecking order with inventive zeal. | 'The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle': Finding Meaning in Cleaning 2010-05-11T22:38:00Z The positions that account for the most workers in the U.S. right now are retail salespeople, cashiers, restaurant workers, and janitors. The glamorous life of a whistleblower: Working a dead-end job for minimum wage 2014-04-25T12:15:00Z The kids remain puzzled by this evidence of their janitor father's late-blooming interest in the cosmos. Not-so-secret weapon in 'A Permanent Image': Anne Gee Byrd 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But then a serial killer, having finished off a literary critic in a janitor's closet at Newark airport, flies to Sweden using his victim's plane ticket. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z He ended up working for a decade as a school janitor. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It lists the deposit amounts for last month — the weekly earnings from my job as a janitor. The economics behind the prison strike: An inmate’s guide to earning 24 cents per hour 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z There was a black guy who was a janitor, a Latino gardener, and an Indian doctor. “Collisions” star Jesse Garcia: Deportation family stories have “always been relevant” 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z They have normal professions—cop, doctor, nurse, even a janitor. The Walking Dead 'Slabtown' Recap: Grosser Than Gross 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z His father was an Italian immigrant who worked as a bricklayer and a janitor, and his mother was a lunch lady at a high school cafeteria. The TV Watch: A Complicated Actor Who Made a Complicated Mob Boss Indelible 2013-06-20T23:08:03Z If two doctors disagree on a diagnosis, they don’t turn to the janitor and say, “Do you want to break this tie, Carl?” ‘S.N.L.’ Jokes About the Midterms, and Pete Davidson Pokes Fun at Himself 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Jim Price, a janitor at the high school, let me live with his family. 'McFarland, USA' film revives long-buried memory for runner 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Here goes: the entire movie is a daydream inside the mind of the janitor you see periodically. The ballet, the janitor, the parents: discuss I'm Thinking of Ending Things with spoilers 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z These are the sort of things that can sour in your head if you're still working as a janitor at 27, swabbing corridors in Mercy hospital. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z He worked as a janitor to pay his way through college at what is now the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. John Pinette, a Stand-Up Comic, Dies at 50 2014-04-08T01:00:21Z When Ana’s investigation turns up only beans, she enlists Wendell, a retired janitor, to help save the tiny seedlings. Review: In ‘Seedfolks,’ Harvesting Hope and Humanity in a Community Garden 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Josh Hutcherson of the “Hunger Games” movies plays a janitor put in charge of saving the human race. The New Season of Television: On Netflix, It’s an Age of Marvels 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z But the couple divorced several years later, and she returned to England with her daughters, working as a housekeeper and a subway janitor before writing novels. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In Tommy Orange’s “The State,” a Native American janitor and drummer reflects on his complicated family history. The Year in New Yorker Fiction Débuts 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Before winning Drag Race season 5 in 2013, Jinkx’s Monsoon’s career in Seattle had hit its stride: regular shows were supplemented by theatre work and a part-time janitor gig. 'Free drinks, drugs, boys': what happens next for RuPaul's Drag Race winners 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z I couldn't shake the image of them mopping and sweeping and sweating as night janitors. "Too bad you were born a girl" 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z He held odd jobs, including as a janitor and postal clerk, before he had his first solo show in New York in his 30s. Ellsworth Kelly, abstract artist of enduring influence, dies at 92 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z He learned to sing and play guitar when his uncle, a janitor who moonlighted as a singer, went to jail for a stint and left a guitar behind. Pop: Glen Hansard, Touring Behind His ‘Rhythm and Repose’ 2012-06-22T16:00:01Z Monáe grew up in Kansas City with her mother, a janitor, her truck driver stepfather and a sister. Janelle Monáe: ‘I am the whole package’ 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z When he’s rejected, he inquires about other jobs, each one lower in the kitchen hierarchy: line cook, server, janitor. Two new shows skewer trendy food culture — through the eyes of a black ex-con and a young white server 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The reader gets a ton of Tony — the legend of his hard-luck childhood, abandonment by four fathers, no money, no food, no college, a janitor at 17, the grace of generosity. Tony Robbins, self-help guru, is larger than life It's hard, having read even a small portion of the Freeh report, to believe that the people involved, from janitors to board members, didn't know right from wrong. Motherlode Blog: Reacting to the Penn State Freeh Report 2012-07-12T16:57:39Z A mysterious janitor hands him a business card that leads him and the thing to a hidden, cheerier world full of other objects that have no other place. A new life for Shaun Tan's lovable lost thing 2011-03-02T19:34:21Z It centered on a young black aspiring writer and his interactions with the residents of the apartment building where he worked as a janitor. James Alan McPherson, first black writer to win Pulitzer Prize in fiction, dies at 72 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z If you rolled Mr. Beaumont’s job title through a de-euphemizing machine, it would be revealed as a combination of fixer, babysitter, therapist, fall guy, animal control specialist and janitor. In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The museum’s functionaries—from floor-polishing janitors to pertinacious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers—emerge as the film’s heroes. How We Look When We Look at a Painting 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Surely, the overnight janitor won’t miss your sighs and manic stare that much. Fight for Your Right to Leave Work by 6 PM 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Shape of Water, a romantic fable about a janitor who falls in love with a sea creature, has won 13 Oscar nominations, leading a field of films with an unexpectedly strong British showing. Oscar nods pour in for The Shape of Water in year coloured by #MeToo 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It’s clearing out all the junk that has accumulated as a result of your daily thinking.” Motherlode Blog: What Do Students Need Most? More Sleep 2014-01-15T23:00:05Z A janitor came to her aid and took her home to his wife, who served her dinner. Her Antenna Is Tuned to the Quietest Voices 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Tommy, the janitor, believes that God came to him on the night, years earlier, when his barn burned down; the other man believes his father set the fire. ‘Anything Is Possible’ demonstrates what Elizabeth Strout does best 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z They meet at a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital, where she is a new patient and Jay has been working as a janitor as a condition of his parole. Movie Review: ‘Barefoot,’ With Evan Rachel Wood, Is a Remake of ‘Barfuss’ 2014-02-20T22:36:15Z Sunday 29 August The Middle New sitcom starring the woman from Everybody Loves Raymond and the janitor from Scrubs. That Paralympic Show 2010-08-28T05:45:00Z The focus here is on male dominance, which is reflected not only in the African sequences but in Dirie's green-card marriage to a possessive white janitor. 'Desert Flower': A harrowing tradition and a Somalian's journey to a new life 2011-03-31T20:37:06Z He is struck to the core by an encounter with an alcoholic janitor who is also a brilliant, unrecognized composer. ‘One Discordant Violin’ Review: In Search of Soul-Stirring Art 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Or the one where they face off as rival “magical negroes” – a janitor and a repairman, both offering wise platitudes to a troubled white guy. Jordan Peele on Us: ‘This is a very different movie from Get Out' 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z His theory was no one knows more about the broom than the janitor. My John DeLorean Story 2011-10-21T17:24:21Z The movie stars Sally Hawkins as Elisa, a mute janitor in a government research lab in the 1960s. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Ricky Gervais: Humanity’ and ‘The Shape of Water’ 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “I’m the only one who ever cleans up the clogged toilets,” the janitor deduced. Style Invitational Week 1081: It’s the stupidity, stupid — be a dumb-ask Thomas Haden Church, lips flat-lining, voice droning, plays the title character, a school janitor in a lonely place whose life takes a detour after he receives a blast out of the past. Movie Review | 'Don McKay': Jake Goldberger?s Neo-Noir With Thomas Haden Church 2010-04-01T22:35:00Z He worked as a janitor, but most Jamaicans are very political. “That’s the message, that black is bad and white is right”: Luther Campbell on racism, the police, bringing politics back to hip hop and how Al Gore and Bill Clinton ruined the music industry 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Moreover, we saw no people of color holding any positions other than janitors and maids; all of the positions from sales clerk to manager were reserved for whites. Bull Connor spat in my teenage face: The civil rights march that changed me forever 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “Nothing is for sale,” he said, “and it all gets thrown away by a janitor at some undetermined time.” A Bare Market Lasts One Morning 2011-08-01T22:22:42Z Mr. Poitier finally won a place in the theater’s acting school, but only after he volunteered to work as a janitor without pay. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He spent half a century as a hospital janitor. Out of isolation 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z She even named the janitor as a potential double agent. Taylor Swift fans treated to '1989' listening party at singer's home 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z “Strange Angel” is based on the true story of Jack Parsons, who worked as a janitor at a chemical mixing plant before contributing to the cutting-edge rocket technology of the 1930s. What’s on TV Thursday: The World Cup and ‘Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z One evening, a janitor tossed it out with the trash. Gustav Metzger, provocative artist who developed ‘auto-destructive’ art, dies at 90 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z As ever favouring the demotic, Sellars had Owens as a lumbering janitor. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z In one story, a high school janitor’s generous response to a neighbor’s long-held secret allows him to confess a secret of his own. ‘Anything Is Possible’ demonstrates what Elizabeth Strout does best 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z One chapter, which appeared earlier this year in the New Yorker, is told in the second person and describes Thomas, an alcoholic who recently lost his job as a janitor. Review | What does it mean to be Native American? A new novel offers a bracing answer. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z My father was a houseman, which is a polite word for a janitor at a hotel. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z He saw it hanging at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch: two janitors taking a break from mopping a theater to leaf through the playbill. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders To avoid refinement and introduce a certain rawness, the artist dotted the surface with scraps of paper such as janitors might sweep up. Benny Andrews: A Life in Portraits 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Could be a disgruntled janitor or agent, Walter speculates. 'The Americans' recap: Martha rattled by scare at work 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His upcoming projects include Pig, where he will play a mushroom forager, and Wally’s Wonderland, which sees him as a janitor fighting demonic animatronic mascots. Nicolas Cage to play Joe Exotic in Tiger King miniseries 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z After graduating from Brown University, Richards began her career as a labor organizer and activist, working with garment workers, janitors and hotel employees. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But for me, if you lie under oath, whether you’re a janitor, whether you’re a baseball player, whether you’re a millionaire or president, there’s got to be some ramifications for that. How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Then she enrolled in an undergraduate program, where she studied social work while employed as a janitor. Life After Prison, on YouTube 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Every staff person on a college campus — from gardeners and janitors to secretaries and office assistants – shapes the learning environment and many have significant contact with students. Mentors play critical role in quality of college experience, new poll suggests 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Once he regains strength there’s a shift, and a janitor is thanking Mr. Sanchez for some advice. Newly Released: New Books Include ?Out of Oz? and ?The Boy in the Suitcase? 2011-11-16T23:05:14Z Robert Collins, portraying a factory janitor turned informant, pins the audience to its seats with the show’s big, powerhouse number: the chain-gang-like “Blues: Feel the Rain Fall.” At the Chance Theater, 'Parade' marches to the drumbeat of history 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z He was magnificent as the mouldy old white-haired janitor, master of the mop and bucket, supervising an invisible gathering to hear the very last message for humanity. Richard Briers: the sweetest of men 2013-02-18T14:31:30Z He worked as a janitor and as a carpenter; he trained to be a hairdresser. Remembering Chuck Berry, Who Died at Ninety 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The award comes for her portrayal of a troubled deaf janitor who begins an affair with a hearing teacher at a deaf school in “Children of a Lesser God.” 200 years of authenticity (or lack thereof) in casting 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Or for jobs that don’t require four-year college degrees, she added: “The janitor at my school, we called him ‘Mr.’” Cher’s Latest Road Show? The Campaign Trail 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z She looked perplexed, Staton recalled, as if she couldn’t understand why he — a second-year law student — was acknowledging her — a janitor. Former trash hauler enrolled at Harvard Law raises $70K for janitors, other workers there 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s lawyers and accountants, security officers, office staff, marketing and sales, book designers, publicists, office managers, tech support, janitors, and human resource officers, for starters. White women of publishing: New survey shows a lack of diversity behind the scenes in book world 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The story of a night janitor found dead in her car was particularly damaging to the company. 'Pay a living wage': Bernie Sanders accuses Disney of dodging fair pay 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z His character is a janitor and general roustabout, angling for a spot in the show. Review: At the Big Apple Circus, It’s a Family Affair 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Loudermilk supervises an Alcoholics Anonymous chapter that meets at a Catholic church; at night, he’s a janitor polishing marble floors in office lobbies. Perspective | These TV shows have figured out Gen X’s greatest gift to society: Grouchiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Well, it may not have been as big as Corey Feldman’s, but he seemed to be drawing more than the janitor from “The Breakfast Club.” Autographs of the Formerly Famous 2013-12-12T01:25:58Z Soltysik worked as a janitor at the Berkeley Public Library, where I went after school several times a week. Patty Hearst’s America: What “American Heiress” gets wrong (and right) about an insane time and place 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z I used to baby-sit to get free acting lessons, and he was the janitor. Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen Discuss ‘The Guilt Trip’ 2012-12-09T08:10:06Z Jim Harrison put it best: “Once you’re over 50 they” — women — “just look over your head as if you were a janitor.” ‘Medusa’s Ankles,’ a Selection of A.S. Byatt’s Wildly Imagined Stories Across Three Decades 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z In Nashville he combined writing with working as a janitor at Columbia studios. Kris Kristofferson ? a Nashville rebel reminisces 2010-05-06T22:00:00Z He worked as a cabby, dishwasher, janitor and tree trimmer. ‘A Man Called Destruction,’ About Alex Chilton 2014-03-23T20:31:53Z In 1975, after an unhappy — if artistically inspiring — year at the University of Cincinnati, he became a janitor at Yale. The Remarkable, Resilient Loren Connors 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z I remember walking back out onto the stage after the show, and they'd cleaned up all the underwear and everything, and there was one old janitor ... and he said, 'Very good show. Keith Richards' 'Life': Somehow He Still Has One 2010-10-26T14:50:00Z Eventually, Gaspar gets housing and a job, as a janitor. Screening Room: A Short Film of Dreamy Imagery and Mysterious Language 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Her father drove a garbage truck, her mother was a janitor and her stepfather worked at the post office. Janelle Mon?e: sister from another planet 2010-08-26T20:36:00Z Actually, not everyone: Connors often cleaned the office of the Southern culture scholar William Ferris, who learned that his janitor had taken the job in part to access Yale’s voluminous library. The Remarkable, Resilient Loren Connors 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z You’ll also learn how to bottle up your frustration right before asking a janitor to borrow his penknife. Taking a bath is a “good daily habit”: 10 vintage video tutorials 2013-05-13T18:11:00Z “I would just play the songs that I loved on the piano. And occasionally a janitor would walk in and I’d be in the middle of belting something and I’d get so shy.” ‘Can I Actually Sing?’ Meet New York City Ballet’s Songbird 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z But in Sweden, he worked as a school janitor. ‘Snabba Cash’ Depicts a Sweden Flowing with Money and Blood 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Larry, a black janitor who lives in the South Bronx, tells him he isn’t like other white guys: “You comfortable, you got your black past, you part of the community.” Review: Dan Hoyle’s ‘Border People’ Blurs Lines 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “I was just a lowly janitor, but Murray remembered me,” Simeral said. Tuesdays with Murray: 5 life lessons from a Seattle bartending folk hero 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Unison members in schools and nurseries - including janitors and catering staff - have been involved in strike action since September. Talks over imposing pay deal on striking school staff 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The moment served as a highly appropriate visual for the state of labor in Los Angeles, where hotel workers are on strike, janitors are marching to demand employer accountability and even Hollywood writers are picketing. Koreatown grocery store workers protest CEO's anti-union tactics at conference 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z People coming and going detoured around a blood-splashed section of the southbound platform, which was blocked by yellow police tape until after 9 a.m. when a janitor arrived to mop up. Man stabbed at International District/Chinatown light-rail station 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z After the first frightening year, Rayford acclimated to prison life, studying in the law library and working as a janitor of sorts. Imprisoned as teens, they lost hope after 17 years. Then an unlikely duo took up their case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Beshear highlighted his own plan calling for an 11% pay raise for teachers and all public school personnel, including bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff. Candidates wrangle over abortion policy in Kentucky gubernatorial debate 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Unison said support staff - including janitors, canteen workers, classroom assistants and cleaners - had overwhelmingly voted against the deal. More Scottish school strikes after union rejects pay offer 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z She advocated nationally for nurses, janitors and hospital workers in Baltimore, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and other cities before making a name for herself in California. California's incoming senator, Laphonza Butler, describes her whirlwind trip into history 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z As a labor organizer, Butler worked to better the lives of nurses in Baltimore and Milwaukee, janitors in Philadelphia and hospital workers in New Haven, Conn. No hedge funds or silver spoon in her background. Column: A solid Senate pick and a craven move by Gavin Newsom 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Butler moved to California in 2009 after serving as a labor organizer for nurses in Baltimore and Milwaukee, janitors in Philadelphia and hospital workers in New Haven, Conn. Who is Laphonza Butler? What to know about Newsom's pick for Feinstein's Senate seat 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The dispute is over a pay offer for non-teaching staff including janitors, canteen workers, classroom assistants, cleaners, admin staff and nursery staff. School strikes: Support staff to walk out at 24 Scottish councils 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The dispute is over a pay offer for non-teaching school staff including janitors and canteen workers. School strikes: No new pay offer despite weekend talks 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The planned strike action would include janitors and school catering staff. School strikes: Councils given £80m more for staff pay deal 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The proposed strike action would include janitors and school catering staff. School strikes: Deadline extended for councils to improve pay offer 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Throughout the ’80s, Becerra worked a series of odd jobs that included brief stints at a gas station, a tattoo parlor and even as a janitor at Breed Street Elementary in Boyle Heights. From East L.A., the Stains' Robert Becerra was a punk-rock legend, to those in the know 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Ms Foyer was speaking on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show days after three unions agreed to strike over pay and conditions for janitors and school support workers. Union leader warms of same mistakes in school dispute 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Beshear upped the ante by proposing an 11% pay raise for teachers and all public school personnel, including bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff. GOP candidate’s wife portrays rival’s proposed pay raise for school personnel as unfeasible 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Hernández excels in his studies, eventually landing a tech job at the prestigious Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, at first being mistaken for a janitor. Review: 'A Million Miles Away' a heartwarming, quintessential American story 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Unison has rejected the latest pay offer for school janitors and pupil support staff in Scotland's schools. Unison rejects latest school workers pay offer 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Strikes by staff including school janitors and pupil support staff are due to take place in a fortnight. Cosla makes council staff new pay offer ahead of strikes 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “Everyone from janitors to engineers were told to pack their things and be out by the end of the week,” Haney said. California workers to get earlier layoff warning under bill sent to Newsom 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Despite the frenetic pace of cleaning by janitors, businesses, and volunteers, social media is rife with posts about soiled bathrooms and mounds of litter along the climbing path. Japan says swarms of tourists defiling sacred Mt Fuji 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z GMB members including janitors and cleaners earlier called off strikes which were due to take place next week. Three out of four schools in Scotland face strike closure 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Members of the GMB union, including janitors and cleaners, were due to go on strike for two days next week in several council areas. School strikes called off ahead of new pay offer 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z His mother cleaned houses during the day and worked as a janitor at night, “so that gave me and my brother and sister time to roam,” he said. Renton brothers seek reparations decades after sale of family land 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z His mom made ends meet by taking odd jobs as a janitor, babysitter — anything that could help out her family. Winding road takes runner Abdihamid Nur from Somalia to the starting line at worlds for the US 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Season 2 of the ABC sitcom solidifies the bonds between the two male teachers -- and the conspiracy-minded school janitor. Can Quinta Brunson save broadcast TV? Does she want to? 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Beshear countered Wednesday with his own plan highlighted by an 11% pay raise for teachers and all school personnel, including bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff. Kentucky gubernatorial rivals Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron offer competing education plans 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z It will involve thousands of workers including janitors, cleaners, caterers, classroom assistants and admin staff. Education staff vote to strike in 10 council areas 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z University graduates without such extracurricular qualifications commonly make a living as Uber drivers, construction workers or janitors. In Egypt, Public Classrooms Are Empty as Private Tutors Get Rich 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z He worked as a middle school janitor, cleaning the floors so they would be ready for the students to return in September. Cape Cod Baseball League celebrates 100 years as pathway from college to majors 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Haney told me that he was inspired to introduce the legislation after meeting a janitor in his district, which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco. A California Bill Would Cap Renters’ Security Deposits 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z L.A.’s politicians have voiced their support over the years for teachers, janitors, longshore workers and a wide range of other unionized professions. L.A. politicians are joining picket lines. The city attorney wants them to stay away 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z In 1970s Philadelphia, Jim Ellis, driven by a love of competitive swimming, upgrades a run-down recreation center with the help of a janitor. Ranking 25 films about sports and moving Black America forward 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z “I would have taken a job as the janitor,” he said a few years ago. Walt Milroy, legendary Ingraham High boys basketball coach, dies at 103 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The janitor, 66, said he reached for the back of the girl's trousers, holding her up for a few seconds, "as a joke". Italian judges' decision to clear 'quick grope' sparks outrage 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z A janitor admitted to agents that he had smoked a cigarette on the sixth floor about an hour before the fire was discovered, and that he might have accidentally caused the blaze. 5 takeaways from AP’s reporting on a historic fire that destroyed millions of veterans’ records 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Buttery says that was apparent, even to a janitor. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z History teaches us the truth about stadium jobs: There may be thousands of them on game day, but those are mostly low-wage cooks, janitors, security guards, parking attendants and ticket-takers. Column: Here's how the billionaire owner of the Oakland A's is planning to rip off two cities at once 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The janitor, Joseph Herrington, said in a deposition that he had become concerned because “annoying alarms” were coming from the freezer and he worried that “important breakers” had been turned off. University sues cleaning service after freezer mishap destroys 20 years of research 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z He suggested kids could work as janitors in schools. States weaken child labor restrictions 8 decades after US government took kids out of the workforce 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In 1954, as rumors of impending nuptials swirled, however, she sued two Italian journalists who reported that her parents were a chauffeur and a janitor’s daughter. Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “All that paper was packed in cardboard boxes on metal shelving,” says Bill Elmore, a janitor assigned to the sixth floor. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z In April, Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price rallied with workers on the steps of City Hall to demand higher pay for hotel workers and janitors who clean Los Angeles International Airport. For Price, charges could threaten political career as ally of labor, low-wage workers 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Often, they are the only care option for parents working nontraditional hours — the farmworkers who start before dawn, janitors on the graveyard shift, the warehouse workers stocking shelves overnight. Child-care providers by day, Amazon drivers by night. Workers fight for living wages. 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s the tale of how a struggling Mexican American janitor came up with the idea of adding spice to the cornmeal, forever saving after-school snacking. Movie Review: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos get a loaded origin story, one that’s worth the crunch 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The union representing ushers, grounds crew, security and janitors is threatening to go on strike next month if it does not receive a new contract. Michael Grove improves as Dodgers' rotation decision looms, Julio Urías nears return 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Elmore noticed a fellow janitor and veteran, Terry Davis, sprinting up the stairs. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z One upside of using mussels as marine janitors, he says, is that they don’t retain significant amounts of plastic in their tissues, so they should still be safe to eat. Mussel poop may help clear oceans of microplastics 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The firings came within days of four dozen janitors losing their jobs at Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco in early December. Twitter NYC cleaning workers sue over firings they say spoiled ‘Christmas holidays’ 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Bishop, a part-time chess coach and full-time custodian, led his elementary and middle school teams to state championship titles this year, drawing comparisons to the Netflix series about a chess prodigy inspired by a janitor. Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z "Security forces raided the place and brutally beat up the janitor," he said, adding that the property had been empty ever since. Iran protests: Football star Ali Karimi under travel ban, leaked papers show 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z According to a GSA investigation, janitor John Staufenbiel was the last person known to have been on the sixth floor. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z He worked as a janitor and then became a homemaker while his wife worked at the Fuller Brush Co. Griffith Park's little-known history as a prison camp for Japanese, German, Italian immigrants 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Returning to Harlem after his discharge in December 1945, he got a job working as a janitor’s assistant in an apartment building. Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Bishop understands comparisons to the janitor in “The Queen’s Gambit” — William Shaibel, played by actor Bill Camp — and he thinks it’s an entertaining series. Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z When I walked in, she was wiping up a puddle of water that had seeped in after a janitor power-washed the sidewalk. Column: Whose San Fernando Valley will win? These two women seek to replace Nury Martinez 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Four people who were on the street when the bomb exploded were killed — an Israeli journalist, a student passing by on a motorbike, a driver and a janitor. 43 Years After Paris Synagogue Bombing, Canadian Man Is Found Guilty 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z "He could have been the janitor for that building or compound for all I know." Police tried to stop man filming SNP motorhome 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z There was Woodward, a journalistic workhorse who was seemingly born inquisitive, rifling through the papers of his father’s law office when he worked there as a janitor in his youth. Alicia Shepard, media writer and Watergate biographer, dies at 69 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Unlike the Netflix series’s janitor, Bishop is helping not just one girl in an orphanage, but dozens of kids of all skill levels and socioeconomic backgrounds. Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “Do you expect park janitors to clean up after your pet?” another said. Who cleans up after kids on a flight? Twitter’s latest hot debate. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A janitor at Park La Brea, Mejía was working on the fifth floor of Tower 33 when the teenager approached him holding a knife. A search for justice after a mentally ill 17-year-old stabs janitor to death 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z His father worked jobs including school janitor and grounds manager of a local golf course. Bernie Newcomb, the blind programmer who created E-Trade, dies at 79 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Certain categories of LAX workers, including security officers and janitors, would also be covered. L.A. City Council members propose $30-an-hour wage by 2028 for hotel and LAX workers 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The fact that his dad — a former principal in Mexico — can be no more than a janitor in the Valley in the United States. 'Always Running' is more than cholo lit — it's a manual for L.A.'s salvation 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z He grew up in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, where his father worked as a janitor and house painter. Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z “Had he been a brown or Black kid, or Tomás’ kid, or a janitor’s kid, is that what would be happening right now?” A search for justice after a mentally ill 17-year-old stabs janitor to death 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z County rules also require continued masking by janitors, security officers, secretaries and volunteers who work in patient-care areas, as well as by firefighters, emergency medical technicians and police officers who enter such places. Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn't stop COVID spread, study finds 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z There are “thousands of janitors and bus drivers and lunch workers who need help to survive and it feels like we’re being ignored.” Three-day LAUSD strike means three days without pay. How are low-paid workers coping? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z L.A.U.S.D. strike: A legion of school employees at the Los Angeles Unified school district, including bus drivers, food servers and janitors, are preparing for a three-day strike beginning Tuesday, The Los Angeles Times reports. California Marks Three Years Since Covid Stay-at-Home Orders 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Experts say it is unclear why certain companies require lower-wage employees — such as fast-food workers and janitors — to sign noncompetes, as those jobs seemingly involve no trade secrets, specialized training or client information. Noncompete clauses are everywhere, even for dancers and hair stylists 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Who fought for a more just world for janitors. A search for justice after a mentally ill 17-year-old stabs janitor to death 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Residents said he is the janitor and complained that he wasn’t doing his job. A homeless housing nonprofit's buildings are in shambles. City plans intervention. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z "All of us are just small businesses with money there. It doesn't matter if you're a roofer or a janitor service." Analysis: SVB's climate tech clients face humbling funding questions 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “This bill is about protecting that workforce, from the engineers to the janitors, and making sure they’re treated fairly during a job transition. To be pro tech, we have to be pro tech-worker.” After Twitter layoffs, California bill would strengthen protections for workers 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z But federal prosecutors have been unable to locate him in the Philippines, though they believe he is working as a janitor at Bago City College in Bago City. Caregiver accused in Manhattan Beach child sexual abuse case believed to be in Philippines 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Spencer Cannon, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said he was surprised at how many of the attendees — a mix of teachers, speech pathologists and janitors — did not own a gun. In a Violent America, Safety Becomes a Sales Pitch 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The building has a live-in manager, a janitor and uniformed security. A homeless housing nonprofit's buildings are in shambles. City plans intervention. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “That’s what set me off,” said King, who lost a job as a janitor, passed off his kids to relatives, and became one more anonymous face, disappearing into the cracks of skid row. Column: 'Skid row is the largest retirement center in the country' 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Her mother worked for 10 years as a janitor at Boeing. The last 747: Boeing workers reflect on an iconic plane like no other 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z He was a customer named Chuck explaining how he had a janitor’s job at a biology lab where they did DNA experiments making mutant viruses. Sondheimer: 'Cheers' actor Tim Cunningham's shares his love of baseball at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z He previously worked in the neighboring Dominican Republic as a janitor at a hotel until his contract and passport expired, forcing him back to Haiti where he remains unemployed. Haitians seizing on legal path to US rush to secure passport 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z "So the offer on the table to teachers is the same as has already been accepted by other local government workers, so the janitors and the dinner ladies who work in schools," she said. Scotland's primary schools shut as teachers strike 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z While FTX did hire Bahamians or contracted with Bahamian businesses, it was almost entirely for logistics jobs like construction, janitor services or food catering. ‘The money is gone’: Bahamas tries to turn page after FTX 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Remarkably, when Pham came back to the Pacific Northwest after college in Hawaii, before moving steadily up the career curve at Boeing, she started like her mother as a janitor. The last 747: Boeing workers reflect on an iconic plane like no other 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The janitor handed over the keys and asked them to lock up when they were done. El Centro de la Raza at 50: From a forceful occupation to a driving force 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z When Garcia, a Democrat, arrived in D.C. for orientation, cooks and janitors of Peruvian descent came to shake his hand. New liberal Latino lawmakers are preparing to challenge status quo 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z “The army will step in,” said Magno Rodrigues, 60, a former mechanic and janitor who gives daily speeches at the protests. As Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, Bolsonaro Flees to Florida 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Justiniano, 50, landed first in Los Angeles, where he worked as a janitor at the Beverly Hills jail, and then as a billboard installer. ‘OK, Mexico, Save Me’: After China, This Is Where Globalization May Lead 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The teachers' pay offer is broadly equivalent to the offer accepted by others employed by councils - including janitors and school catering staff - earlier in the autumn. Third teachers' union confirms January strike dates 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Rowland lived most of his adult life in Seattle, where he met his wife while working as a janitor at UW Medicine. A Seattle man began the night in crisis. Then, a sudden death in restraint 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z “Any housing that a janitor or nurse or teacher can afford already requires government subsidies,” he said. L.A.'s rich are already scheming ways to avoid new 'mansion tax' 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z He said it should be about Rick Thorne, the school janitor who heard gunfire and moved down hallways locking classrooms to protect those inside. 10 Years Later, a State Trooper Who Responded to Sandy Hook Looks Back 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Workers held signs outside headquarters saying “proud to be union” and “justice for janitors”. Twitter janitors on strike after company lockout 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “You work here all the time? ... My dad actually worked as a janitor.” Sheriff-elect Luna on 'fractured relationships' and challenges ahead post-Villanueva 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Many Japanese elementary schools don’t have janitors, so some of the clean-up work is left to the young students. ‘Normal thing to do’: Japanese fans tidy up at World Cup 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Before the program, Ms. Douglas, 44, worked a second job as a night janitor to send her daughters — Londyn, 12, and Leslie, 7 — to cheerleading classes. The Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Gone. The Battle Over It Remains. 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z They include a janitor working his shift at a Walmart in Virginia, a 40-year-old woman returning home to Colorado for the holidays, a young man watching a drag show and three college football players. Your Friday Briefing: Covid Protests Grow in China 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Twitter has ended its relationship with the contractor that employs the janitors, Flagship, and has indicated that the company’s new contractor will not rehire the workers. Twitter janitors on strike after company lockout 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z When Renard was starting his coaching career, he worked as a janitor and eventually opened his own cleaning company. Big upset puts global spotlight on Saudi Arabia’s players 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z |
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