Word: gothic
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...tuition—of which Joey’s is paid for with the inheritance money Dawson received when Mr. Brooks, the filmmaker/neighbor who dated Jen’s grandmother, died last season—is $32,810. Portrayed by Duke University in Durham, NC, Worthington has a beautiful gothic campus with large grassy quads, tall stone bell towers and stained glass windows...
...through such early constructions as Mad House, 1958--a parody of the House of Horrors that isn't quite a parody because its contents are more subtle than you would expect, mere hauntings rather than the traces of death or dismemberment--yet affecting all the same, like an American Gothic version of early, Surrealist Giacometti...
...Haven, Conn., security guard. Most IDs during Bannon's era simply had spaces for identifying characteristics, and they were easy enough to alter. They were also often issued under questionable, if not laughable, auspices--in Bannon's case, the Andover Stickball League, the name of which was printed in Gothic type to lend the card a nominal appearance of authority. As phony IDs went in those days, it probably would have been unremarkable had it not borne a most unusual feature--the signature of a future U.S. President...
...announced that $4 million would be used to reconstruct the tower of Memorial Hall, which burned down in 1956. Though Pusey was reportedly heard saying, “Isn’t a pity it didn’t start at the bottom?” as the historic gothic tower was engulfed in flames, many saw the truncated tower as a psychic wound emblematic of a greater void within the University. Its restoration symbolized a new era of renewal, restoration and growth...
...homegrown produce and flowers to exotic spices and food. The winding, cobblestone streets lead to the Cité, the Old Town dating to the Middle Ages. Perched on the hilltop is Lausanne's famed cathedral. Built in 1219, it is Switzerland's largest, with intricate stained-glass windows and Gothic artifacts. Every night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., one of Europe's last criers announces the hour, practically the only nighttime noise in this otherwise quiet city. Since this is the highest point in Lausanne, you can look down over the rooftops of the Old Town...