Word: exoticism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru needs to relax, he stands on his head. This is not the exotic mysticism of the fabulous East but a practical way to drive off fatigue and make up for lack of sleep. Last week, as Nehru left New Delhi for Washington...
In pretty "Toodie" Simpson, the bachelor met his match. Ever since her schooldays (at Virginia's fashionable, horsy Foxcroft), according to one of her friends, Toodie "had only one concern-to get married." She wore huge gold earrings in a gypsy style and had frizzy black hair. The effect...
Africa, visited half a dozen native tribes, tussled with scores of exotic birds & beasts. Their bag was some of the most beautiful views of African jungles, uplands and river courses that have ever been caught by a camera.
A few nights later, after downing four predinner shots of bourbon at a Syrian home, Coates danced the dubbke ("No serious threat to the samba," he told his readers). He put away exotic dishes ranging from kibbee (lamb cake) and yabrac (grape leaves) to baklawa (pastry).
Song of India (Columbia) offers a sepia-tinted view of Sabu, onetime Elephant Boy, presiding over a whole jungleful of exotic fauna &. flora. He is especially fond of tigers, which he fondles like outsize tabby cats. He is on intimate terms with all the other jungle beasts and is determined...