Word: exoticism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It doesn't take an exotic virus like Ebola to transform the U.S. into a hot zone. A single case of smallpox could put the entire nation at risk. The smallpox virus is highly contagious and would spread quickly because Americans are not vaccinated. Routine inoculations were halted in 1972...
New Yorkers are known for being jaded, and they are, but the iconic toughness is also a pose. It isn't just a matter of 8 million cynics who turn out to be romantics when you scratch them. As a practical matter, living here requires some willed sangfroid because living...
One of the strongest points of this exhibition is unfortunately hidden at the back of the show. 14 smaller postcards and photographs from the early twentieth-century—by both European and African photographers—offer a contextualization for Kïeta and Sidibé�...
“The club du jour of the upscale, international crowd, bringing together the exotic and the moneyed who…exchange hugs and new cell phone numbers with the Pakis and Habibis they haven’t seen since [they] were all here a week ago,â?...
The best music, no matter how far away its origins, makes you feel right at home and speaks directly to your heart. Tom Jobim's gentle Desafinado, once "exotic," now seems neighborly and familiar. If De Castro has his way, people around the world may soon know all about Sao...