Word: exoticism
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The NBA is using a new ball this year, and you've been a pretty vocal critic. The ball is terrible. It's something we'll just have to get used to. Playing with the new ball is like going to a gentlemen's club, seeing an exotic dancer and...
Until last year, Chen Hong considered divorce an exotic American concept, as far removed from her life in Shanghai as gastric-bypass surgery or an addiction to reality-TV shows. Then she checked out her husband's cell-phone records. Hundreds of calls had been made to a mysterious number...
Jimmy Turner, director of horticultural research for the Dallas Arboretum, says demand for rare plants like the Wollemi has grown sharply in recent years. "The buying public is looking for brighter, bigger and better plants," he says. Sales of simple seeds and bulbs have correspondingly slowed, he adds, because plant...
Anil Jain has been selling fireworks for 30 years. "I can't talk to you I'm too busy selling," he mumbles while chewing a mouthful of paan leaves when I stop by. Jain sits beside a display of boxes bearing names like "Star Circus" and "Silver Rain," their lids...
GOURMET'S DIARY OF A FOODIE PBS, CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS Like a Cheesecake Factory�menu, this series strives to offer a bit of everything: it's a cooking show, a travelogue, a history and anthropology show. Each episode hopscotches to a new country, visiting restaurants and homes, chatting up average...