Word: victorianism
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...less esteemed Americans value for philosophical purposes. The list of topics is short. When one has named, "for God, for Country, and for Yale" there is little to add to this greatest of anti-climaxes, except perhaps "for virtue". Baccalaureat speakers are at their best in linking mid-Victorian triteness with modern Babbitry, in combining Puritanical platitudes with the poverty of provincialism...
...royals are eternally frustrated at Edwards’ penchant for public PG-rated shenanigans instead of focusing on learning his kingly duties. Not to worry, as the King and Queen are portrayed by esteemed Brits James Fox and Miranda Richardson in a fashion that revisits the Golden Age of Victorian unemotional hypocrisy, thereby making sure the stakes are never raised too high...
...redhead, who moved to Melbourne at 14 to link with a new coach, Rohan Taylor. Miatke's on a scholarship at Carey Baptist Grammar School, lives with 17 other children at a nearby boarding house and looks adults she's just met square in the eye. Funded by the Victorian Institute of Sport, she has free, year-round access to masseurs, physiotherapists and psychologists. Though separated by distance from her family, she seldom wants for reassurance. Sometimes this comes from coach Taylor, who's determined not to rush her. "The plan is to prepare her for a career...
Vanserg is in Siberia. The Quad is the Gulag. You can’t ascend William James without a Sherpa. Our dinnertime conversation bears a passing resemblance to that of late-Victorian British adventurers as it degenerates into how-far-afield-have-you-gone games of one-upmanship: You had section in the Science Center? Well, I just got back from the Center for European Studies. You’ve got class in Lowell Lecture Hall? I don’t want to hear about it; I had to go to office hours in Hilles. Granted, late-Victorian British adventurers...
...conceit involves a successful early ’80s businesswoman who invites a number of literary and historical figures to dinner to celebrate a recent promotion. The ensemble includes a Japanese courtesan, a character from Canterbury Tales, a female pope, a woman from a Bruegel painting and a Victorian world traveler. Largely set around a single dining table, the six women discuss their past exploits, often finding themselves faced with the problem of defining their “womanhood” independent of its conflicts with “manhood...