All this, too, is in the style of ancient carols, which translated the Christian mysteries to local places and contemporary dress.

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Part of the way in which the epic legitimizes its ability to talk about so many levels of existence and so many kinds of experience is its style: an ancient authority inheres in that old-time diction, the plushly padded epithets and stately rhythms.

NEWYORKER: Battle Lines

The style, seen on an ancient Roman sculpture known as the Fonseca Bust, boasts a tall, horseshoe-shaped pile of curls in the front that would involve cutting the model's hair.

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Vincenzo wrote a book, startlingly similar in tone and style to the ones his son wrote later, ripping apart ancient Ptolemaic systems of lute tuning, as his son ripped apart Ptolemaic astronomy.

NEWYORKER: Moon Man

Disconcerting to some locals, Widecombe's ancient tavern, the Old Inn, has been transformed into a Mayfair-style wine bar that nonetheless offers solid versions of the traditional roasts for Sunday lunch.

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Gaylord's home isn't an ancient stronghold--he only recently put the finishing touches on his Elizabethan-style castle, which occupies a couple of the 170 acres at Camelot, a themed development he created in Durban, South Africa.

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The style of food in the Gaza Strip owes much to its port, which was on the ancient spice route linking south Arabia and the Mediterranean.

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