Word: exoticism
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We have to like Becky, and thanks to Reese Witherspoon's perky performance we do, not least because we have all been in her position, desperate to impress our betters. Moreover, director Mira Nair has created a pretty panorama?populated with solid actors like Bob Hoskins and Gabriel Byrne?of...
We have to like Becky, and thanks to Reese Witherspoon's perky performance we do, not least because we have all been in her position, desperate to impress our betters. Moreover, director Mira Nair has created a pretty panorama--populated with solid actors like Bob Hoskins and Gabriel Byrne--of...
Vacationers in Martha's Vineyard last week caught a glimpse of an exotic out-of-towner. A RED-FOOTED FALCON, which alighted at the local airport, was the first of its species ever seen in the western hemisphere. How did the bird, which usually migrates between southern Africa and Europe...
On Martin Booth's first day in Hong Kong in 1952, his parents took him to lunch at the British naval base where his father was about to start work. There the 7-year-old was confronted with a frightening plateful of leggy crustaceans unknown back in England. As he...
Obama’s parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. His father, who shares his exotic and unusual name, moved back to Kenya, where he worked as a successful economist during Obama’s childhood. His mother, who is white and from Kansas, moved the family...