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Sharp-tongued, curmudgeon-like though I am, I never said that some 20,000 fine voters in the 29th N.Y. Congressional District "every four years crawl out of their Hudson Gothic woodwork to vote for William McKinley." The crawling-out-of-woodwork metaphor was an added touch by the New York Times writer; he had an unusually fine prose style, given to flourishes which, as he might put it, bode well for a career in journalism. I did remark, sadly, how certain voters up here seem to pledge fealty every four years to William McKinley, but just...
...hell of a lot more than any politician I know." Not that it was likely to make much difference. "If this were not a presidential year, I might have a chance," he admitted. "As it is, every four years, about 20,000 extra people crawl out of their Hudson Gothic woodwork up here to vote for William McKinley." From at least one supporter, Vidal prefers silent devotion-"Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has endorsed me, but we don't dare have her appear; the Roosevelt name is still murder up here...
...generation then during the next." The great museums of Europe themselves are already developing serious shortcomings in the thoroughness and quality of their collections. The Prado may still be the "indispensable museum" for Spanish art of the 16th through 18th centuries, says Gaya-Nuňo, but for Spanish Gothic art, one must go to America...
...together in box-shaped rooms, class by class, the bright and dull handicapping each other. This week Quincy School reopens its ancient doors, admitting 291 more students, still a monument to "egg-crate" education. For a century such schools have changed only the style of their facades-from Victorian Gothic to WPA Colonial to Neo-Revival...
...days in the elegant presidential chateau at Rambouillet 30 miles outside Paris. Security was so tight that a small crowd was chased away from the fence, and not even the menus for the meals were published. Once Adenauer slipped out for an hour's visit to the great Gothic cathedral at Chartres. For the rest of the time the two men talked and walked, engaged in earnest conversation with barely a handful of officials present...