Word: aphrodisiacs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anything erotic here. Much of what Friday recounts is so unfathomable -- the body has neither the openings nor the agility for it -- that it is hardly titillating. The book ends up being ridiculous when it isn't repetitive and boring, having the effect of an affidavit rather than an aphrodisiac. Still, if Friday hadn't padded her pages with psychobabble about women claiming their sexual destiny, and Simon & Schuster hadn't been willing to print anything to make a buck, Women on Top would be available only by mail and would arrive in a plain brown wrapper...
...Refuge, earlier this month collected a total of $76,177, or about $11.20 per lb. The price per pound has been rising about 50 cents annually, thanks in part to Asian bidders who can sell ground elk horn for as much as $300 per oz. because of its purported aphrodisiac and medicinal qualities. But this year Korean buyers sat on their hands, complaining that the ever pricier horns were now out of their range. The 6,839 lbs. of antlers went to 31 domestic buyers, who will use them largely to make furniture...