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...pride of Holland's city of Arnhem is a sturdy 11th century Gothic structure called the Eusebius Church. Badly damaged during World War II, this Dutch Reformed church has gradually been rebuilt in strict accordance to medieval style. But when Architect Theo Verlaan came along to rebuild the steeple, things changed fast...
...tripartite portcullis that can be raised and lowered as a whole or in sections, and, when wanted, an opaque curtain just behind it to allow changes of set in back while scenes are played on the extended apron in front. Elder has also fashioned a series of suitable Gothic arches; and, in the garden scenes, even the flower trellises culminate in ogives...
...public-spirited Lady named Godiva and her husband, Earl Leofric, built Coventry's first great church in 1043; it stood until Henry VIII had it pulled down around 1540. A second-the magnificent Gothic St. Michael's Cathedral-was completed in 1433, and lasted until the night of Nov. 14, 1940, when 500 German planes bombed it in a raid that forever linked the city's name to the destructiveness of modern war. Only the outer walls, tower and spire of St. Michael's were left standing...
Deacon Mushrat is the first of these memorable figures, a Godsymp if there ever was one. "It should be brought out at this point," he intones at us in his mock Gothic script, nose and pince nex dabbling the air above the rostrum, "that the right handed person is correct, natural, and beloved by Providence." The tone deepens and the face frowns, nose still dabbling at the suspect air. "It has occurred to some of us who keep our eyes open that there are entirely too many left handed people worming their way into positions of power. According to reliable...
...Nagasaki (pop. 380,000) prefers to be known as Japan's most cosmopolitan city. Its tourist bureau seldom steers visitors to atomic landmarks, celebrates instead the city's lantern-lit nightclubs and restaurants (specialties: sugared shaddock, peeled loquats), its 17th century Dutch colony and the Nipponese-Gothic mansion, built on a hilltop by a British tycoon in 1850, that Nagasaki fondly identifies as the "original home'' of Puccini's Madama Butterfly...