Word: exotica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...variety of such foods is vast. At Erewhon Natural Foods in Los Angeles, natural-food gourmets can find deep jars full of grains, nuts and buckwheat spaghetti. They can also pick up such exotica as whole-wheat bread with avocado and tomato filling, and ginseng, an herbal root from Red China...
...Class of '44 arrived on campus. But still, that was no reason to dress as if you were attending an Irish wake. So it was somewhat surprising to discover most of the assembled chauffeurs and porters adhering to "your basic dress" code. To be sure, alumni enjoy Harvard exotica-but at a distance. They certainly don't want it driving their cars and pouring them their drinks...