Word: gothically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Commission, even the Houses of Parliament suffered. Once again the stone came in unseasoned and without regard for the original lie of the rock. "A few decades of exposure to the climate of London and particularly to its acid-charged rain, and the whole of that vast display of Gothic revivalism began to crumble and dissolve...
...bequeathed $100,000 for a college hall. There was one condition: that half of the net income from rents was to "be used to provide scholarships for students who enter college with the intention of becoming ministers in the Protestant Episcopal Church." So, brick by brick, Matthews rose into Gothic splendor and became "the finest college dormitory in America...
...returned. Was it brain sickness or poison? Why did Rainaldi show up? Why did Cousin Rachel allow Philip to think she would marry him, and then back out when he had signed over the estate? The scene is the Rebecca country 100 years or more ago, the atmosphere is Gothic, the suspense is played out like Florentine silk cord, and the ending comes where most mysteries begin. Put it all together and it spells the first big bestseller...
Last week, without fanfare or controversy, Epstein was about to place one of his religious works in a church. The work: an ungainly but powerful white stone figure of Lazarus. The church: the 14th century Gothic chapel at New College, Oxford. The deal was closed when New College Warden Alic Halford Smith, in Epstein's studio to sit for a portrait bust, admired the Lazarus, decided to buy it on the spot. No financial details were disclosed, except that a "substantial" check was sent to the artist. Back at Oxford, New College officials were so pleased that they planned...
...station's schedule, released yesterday, features Dixieland, swing, and modern jazz from today until 12 midnight on January 10. Other programs will be devoted to Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque music through Bach; Haydn, Mozart and pre-Beethoven; Beethoven; the Romantics; the Moderns from R. Strauss; Gilbert and Sullivan and opera...