Word: victorian
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...secondary "hostile environment" policy, which allows employees to file lawsuits on nebulous grounds of psychological distress, is grotesquely totalitarian. It offends free-speech rights and is predicated on a reactionary female archetype: the prudish Victorian lady who faints at a sexual innuendo. This isn't feminism; it's Puritanism...
Henderson explained that the Loeb's current version of Aristophanes "may be a little dated" and that its author, 19th century classicist B.B. Rogers, "was only as Aristophanic as the Victorian Age would allow...
Feeling cramped in your dorm room? Cure the claustrophobia with a waltz through the luxurious Newport mansions, former homes to the rich and famous. The estate-lined Bellevue Avenue combines the charm of the Victorian Era with the splendor of the sea. Stay at a charming bed-and-breakfast (B&B) tucked along the avenue and indulge in the decadence of the Victorian Age. If anything, this brief encounter with age-old opulence will inspire you to study harder...
...Phipps bumps into an immediate obstacle: Phipps is not to be found at the house where Maggs' money installed him. So the convict takes an expedient job as a footman at the house next door, the better to spot Phipps when he returns. Very quickly--Carey mimes perfectly the Victorian novelist's skill at making the implausible seem inevitable--Maggs comes to the attention of one of his master's dinner guests, the rising young author Tobias Oates. When Maggs, serving the wine, collapses from the pain of a tic douloureux in his cheek, Oates volunteers to relieve the servant...
...drugstore's inedible merchandise complements the cultural nostalgia produced by the soda fountain's presence. There are postcards featuring such Fifties idols as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley. Antique shaving brushes and genuine victorian bath products line the walls and combine with the retro decor to evoke an even earlier...