Word: victorian
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...love the English. It's sad that you did not probe more deeply into why the English binge drink more than the French and the Italians [Dec. 19]. It may be a combination of circumstances: the dismally damp weather of Britain, the lackluster cuisine and the Brits' Victorian heritage. ANGELO FORLENZA San Jose, Calif...
GLASGOW While Glasgow has fewer castles than many other British cities, it more than compensates with stunning Victorian architecture, Art Deco history, a thriving fashion scene, posh restaurants, vibrant dance clubs and a large artistic community filling a growing array of galleries...
...cavalier. But part of Stern?s lure for the estimated 12 million Americans who tune in to his show has always been seeing how far he?d go. Which raises the question: will his act wear thin if he doesn?t have the FCC watching over him like a Victorian grandma intent on washing his mouth out every time he lets a fart joke...
...part of such a publication…but, let’s say, hypothetically, if I were armed with my daddy’s credit card…I would never make such mistakes.”These arguments belie a sort of defensiveness. Much like Victorian chimney-sweeps, the poor, hard-working non-socialites of Harvard claim to be oppressed, but they still work under the assumption that their rivals have some kind of power over them. “Don’t rub it in our faces that we didn’t go to the Spence...
...Monday, September 20, 1954. Eleven hundred sixty-two of the best and brightest young men in the world were lined up outside that monstrous Victorian gothic structure known as Memorial Hall. To register as members of the future Harvard class...