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Word: cosmopolitanization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...popular Italian restaurants, such as the posh El Toula chain and the sublime San Domenico in Imola, near Bologna, are seeking locations. Not all agree that New York is the only place to be. Michael Hutchings explains why he and the Roux brothers chose Santa Barbara. "This is a cosmopolitan town and is a getaway for the very rich. People demand a high quality of life, and so it's perfect for a first-quality restaurant." Lower overhead and less competition are also factors. Andre Surmain, the founder of New York's Lutece but now known for his Relais...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Have Toque, Will Travel | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

Frank Herrera, president of ICD/ Hearst, which distributes 120 magazines ranging from Cosmopolitan to Popular Mechanics, says distributors are under growing pressure from Fundamentalist groups. "We're extremely sensitive," he says, "because of the apparent success of the Wildmons and Falwells in putting their own definition on pornography." One recent confrontation took place in Tyler, Texas, where a city ordinance bans nudity below the navel. Local marshals warned stores in the city that the July issue of Cosmopolitan had to be taken off the shelf because of an article showing tummy-tucking operations for chubby women; the local district attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex Busters | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

Others seek to join non-performance dance professions such as dance therapy or choreography. Says Stirling, "Some are very good dancers. They're very much into it. Some people are experienced, very cosmopolitan." Yet others are, as Keller--who is considering dance therapy as a career--says, "here just because it is a fun thing to do. The summer is really like playing for a lot of people...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Dancin' Six Weeks Away | 7/8/1986 | See Source »

Such perversity is now commonplace in the city that was at one time a cosmopolitan gateway to the Middle East. Last week in the Muslim-controlled western sector, new depths were achieved when gunmen turned their vengeance on an 84-year-old Frenchman. Camille Sontag and his wife Blanche, 85, were driving along a seaside boulevard when a cab blocked their way. Gunmen leaped from the vehicle and pressed a pistol to Sontag's temple. Seconds later he was packed into the cab and driven away, bringing to nine the number of French currently believed to be held by extremists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon Grenades Are Bad for Business | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...mere 20 years of quasi-enforced civil rights do not erase the 300 preceeding. We don't like to talk about it--after all, we are liberal-minded. Sure there are racists, but we're cosmopolitan, urban, sophisticated. Maybe down South they care what color you are, but here in Boston and New York and Washington we don't notice...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Yes, We Actually Disagree | 3/13/1986 | See Source »

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