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When we climbed the hill to Lenard's institute and knocked on the door, the Hausmeister went upstairs to announce our arrival.
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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A side note to all of this: as a result Damon actually got to talk to the Hausmeister for a couple of minutes, who we haven't seen around in a while.
Archive 2007-03-01 C N Heidelberg 2007
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Damon called that guy, who said he would contact our Hausmeister to see if he knew what was going on.
Archive 2007-03-01 C N Heidelberg 2007
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* A while back I said we found out that the Hausmeister isn't the one who changes our name in the elevator after all.
Archive 2007-07-01 C N Heidelberg 2007
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Because of that vast key system which is part of the intricacy of the very good housekeeping of Frau G----, there was no necessity to disturb the Hausmeister; but nothing could lessen the wail of the door which let them in with a groan, and closed behind them with a bang that was worthy of the occasion.
A Woman's Will Anne Warner 1891
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This was the consul himself, who proved to be an old companion-in-arms, and into whose awful presence the colonel was ushered by a _Hausmeister_ in
A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories William Dean Howells 1878
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Die Geburtstagsfeier; Der Hausmeister; Die Heimkehr; Betrogen.
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Among the works on exhibit are "Bocanegra," in which Okón collaborated with a group of Nazi enthusiasts who dressed up in vintage uniforms and were recorded in a variety of orchestrated situations; "Canned Laughter," a simulation of a maquiladora that "cans laughter," juxtaposing a good guffaw with the grim realities of factory labor; "Hausmeister," in which a man comes out of a mouse hole-like opening in a wall and crawls on the ground hissing and growling;
SFGate: Top News Stories Tamara Straus 2010
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