Word: gores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What we want are facts. The gore doesn't matter as long as it is dependable. Tell me who will be mangled, why, where, and how. Tell me what I am supposed to like, think, do, feel. Stop making all these judgemental demands on me. I wish reviewers would stop writing all those words and just award stars. It's so much easier. Reagan's recovery--4 stars. The weather--2 stars, Vietnam--no, that's a bullet. Sorry. See how easy life can be? Pass the popcorn...
...water returned slowly to Gore Hall and Lowell House between 5 and 6 p.m. Saturday. Martha Savis, co-master of Winthrop House, said. The masters had opened public bathrooms in Standish Hall for Winthrop House residents...
Full water pressure returned to Lowell House and Gore Hall of Winthrop House early Saturday evening. 24 hours after a burst water main cut all pressure in the two buildings and flooded Mill...
FICTION: Creation, Gore Vidal ∙Gorky...
Although he has dabbled elegantly in many literary forms, Author Gore Vidal is probably most impressive as a historical novelist. Not only does he do his homework, but he can make old facts look like contemporary gossip. And he takes wicked pleasure in turning accepted notions about the past upside down. Julian (1964) strikes a blow for paganism and the Roman Emperor who tried to halt the spread of Christianity. Both Burr (1973) and 1876 (1976) portray the U.S. founding fathers and their successors in distinctly unheroic postures. Creation opens on a similarly iconoclastic note. Vidal's target this...