Word: gothic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Contractors are working to restore Memorial Hall's truncated tower, which burned down in 1956. Last spring, the University earmarked $4 million to restore the structure to its original Gothic grandeur...
...tipped us off. When even the stoic standard-bearer of the Greatest Generation is discussing male plumbing problems in public, you know sexual dysfunction has permeated the culture. And when two of the season's most talked-about films, Summer of Sam and Eyes Wide Shut--the latter a gothic sexual hell that would do a medieval allegorist proud--center on orgies that go terribly wrong, a horny romp like American Pie seems quaint. So it's only fitting that TV, long charged with glamorizing lust, is airing images of sex that are not just unglamorous but also neurotic, guilty...
...some things I just had to giggle at. A giggle isn't the normal tour noise--a well-oiled tour guide can time the laughs, the oohs and the aahs--so needless to say I caught a few suspicious looks as we turned the corners of the pseudo-Gothic buildings and walked up yet another hill...
Matthew's Gothic exterior resembles the set of a horror movie, and its darkinterior hallways can be a little spooky. But thewood-paneled rooms are nicely sized, and Matthewsresidents often turn the hallways and stairwellsinto an arena for creative dorm games. Matthewswas renovated...
...into the Gothic life-style, and I have seen many graphic films. I enjoy this subculture, but my parents raised me well enough so that I never felt the need to go on a shooting spree. If people were more involved with their kids and quit blaming pop icons for everything, we might be able to solve the problem before more lives are tragically lost. TRACY COCHRAN Powder Springs...