Word: victorian
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...only she could wake up and find it was the afternoon of Sept. 10. Jo was home after helping out with his family's lawn-sprinkler business, before heading for the firehouse. He flicked through a magazine with pictures of big Victorian homes. "Let's go and look at some houses tomorrow," he said to his wife of five years. But for Jo, tomorrow was cut short. "I'm thankful I had him for the time I did, so thankful that he chose me," Naoemi says. "But it was too short. We had our lives planned for the next...
...such preacher, Abu Hamza al-Masri, arrived in 1981, having left one eye and both hands in Afghanistan. He was granted British citizenship in 1985, and his mosque in Finsbury Park, tucked among Victorian row houses one tube stop from Arsenal's soccer stadium, has become famous worldwide for preaching jihad. Moussaoui, the Courtailler brothers and Beghal all attended prayers there. Beghal is said also to be a follower of Abu Qatada, a radical who preached jihad from a community center on Baker Street and whose bank account, allegedly with $270,000 in it, was frozen by the Bank...
...room is clean and cheerful. It feels well-loved—which it has been for a long time. Child and her late husband, Paul, fell in love with the rambling Victorian residence off Kirkland Street in 1956 and moved in two years later...
...such preacher, Abu Hamza al-Masri, arrived in 1981, having left one eye and both hands in Afghanistan. He was granted British citizenship in 1985, and his mosque in Finsbury Park, tucked among Victorian row houses one tube stop from Arsenal's soccer stadium, has become famous worldwide for preaching jihad. Moussaoui, the Courtailler brothers and Beghal all attended prayers there. Beghal is said also to be a follower of Abu Qatada, a radical who preached jihad from a community center on Baker Street and whose bank account, allegedly with $270,000 in it, was frozen by the Bank...
...through Nov. 24, he has certainly found a setting well suited to his art. The Market Theater, located in Harvard Square, has been renovated from the old Pi Eta building to a theater space that reminds one of a Victorian drawing room. With its hardwood floors, gold-tinged chandeliers and precious relics on the walls, it casts Jay as the humble performer eager to please his royal audience. This is a delicious setup for the evening, because as dedicated as Jay is to entertaining, he also always appears to savor the fact that he’s a bit more...