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Word: clifftop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Later, after night has fallen, a naked lady lies back in one of the clifftop hot tubs. The darkness is lighted by candles, the stillness scented with incense. Beside her, a photographer and a chef from San Francisco are discussing the novels of Tanizaki. "The cuticles are very important," the woman proclaims, wiggling her toes furiously. "Very important. I learnt that in class last Wednesday." "Hunh, what?" exclaims her equally naked, equally graying male companion. "That's wisdom flowing through you, knowledge," she explains above the roar and recession of the waves. "That's energy being liberated, energy being balanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: Being 25 and Following Your Bliss | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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