Word: cosmopolitan
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...sang convincingly about the alienating effects of the cosmopolitan world, about hapless relationships and the paradoxes and perplexities of the urban landscape. He spilled his bitter criticisms of the idiosyncrasies and contradictions of society all over his albums. The music was harsh, the vocals were loud; the lyrics were biting...
...become Eagles, and the number of Scouts as a whole has dwindled. Yet be prepared for this statistic: the 1 millionth Eagle Scout, Alexander Holsinger, 13, made the grade last week. And it seemed perfectly fitting that he hailed from Normal, Ill. Even Normal Scouts, though, are rather more cosmopolitan than their earliest predecessors were in 1912. In addition to old standbys like rubbing two sticks together, today's Scouts must study things like the fine points of the U.N. Charter. At the ceremony, Holsinger, despite having pledged to uphold the Scout motto, seemed unprepared for a telephone call...
...biography seems quite cosmopolitan, so it is somewhat surprising that Gregory J. Nagy (pronounced "Nazh"), professor of Latin and Greek, calls himself "by temperment, a Midwesterner." He was raised in the heartland--not on a farm, but on the campus of the University of Indiana, which he attended. "I find Indiana, and the Midwest in general just a very friendly place, having most of the cultural benefits that you get elsewhere," he says. "Maybe you just have to work more...
...aware of her physicality will probably be more aware of her sexuality. The inspiration of the fitness gurus was to set exercise to the disco beat and make the regimen fun; sex is, after all, a form of exercise for two. Says Helen Gurley Brown, who, as editor of Cosmopolitan, is paid to think about Topic A: "Women are becoming real sexual athletes now. Health gives women stamina that allows them to give full range to their sex drive...
...made legal, nine casinos have opened on the four-mile-long Boardwalk, and two more are on the way. Located within 300 miles of 50 million people, and an easy drive from New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore, Atlantic City draws a less sophisticated crowd than its more cosmopolitan Western rival. Many people come to Atlantic City for only a few hours, in fact, changing clothes in their cars before the evening's show. Others arrive by bus; some 200,000 buses disgorged passengers in the city last year...