Word: victorianism
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Winthrop’s Victorian residence, dubbed the “White House” for obvious reasons, previously accommodated visiting faculty. Due to housing shortages caused by the renovation of the Hasty Pudding this year, Winthrop included the home in its housing lottery last spring. The house sits on the corner of Memorial Drive and Plympton Street; it has seven bedrooms, three bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a common room...
...House master offered to host some students in his house,” said Sanghvi, “and Suzy Nelson was also extraordinarily nice, offering four singles in her Victorian house for students...
...seems like American society really hasnt progressed that much since the Victorian era. By maintaining this status quo of traditional male and female roles, we are not only limiting womens choices, but mens choices too. Who is to say that it has to be solely the mother raising the child? Many families split the responsibility between two parents, others have stay-at-home dads, and still others invite the retired grandparents to pitch in. Personally, my mother worked full-time after I was born, and I was raised mostly by my grandparents, and I think (I hope) I turned...
...Coetzee, the South African now based in South Australia - he was too busy collecting his 2003 Nobel prize for literature - but his pesky character Elizabeth Costello, whose "Eight Lessons" formed the basis of his last "meta" novel. Stranded at the gates of heaven, she was rambling about the Victorian mudflats of her childhood when Elizabeth Costello came to its oblique...
...original illustration by Faith Jaques from the first edition of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The center's new $11.3 million home is located in Newcastle's once-derelict Ouseburn Valley, a warehouse neighborhood of artists' studios and galleries. Built in a seven-story Victorian mill, the rejuvenated building's top floor features a gigantic, child-friendly loft, intended for performances, storytelling and book signings. The Engine Room, a light, airy room on the ground floor, offers space for everything from finger painting to exhibit-related games. Messages written by children in 1978 are contained...