Word: exoticism
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We came upon Diva, the Indian Bistro. Diva—the name conjures up images of a sexy siren. We wondered if the restaurant would resemble her name: sassy and high-profile with too much attitude and too little substance. She was certainly attractive, bejeweled in regal hues of deep...
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...
Exotic weapons get a lot of attention, but conventional explosives and suicide bombers in pizza parlors, discotheques and shopping malls can spread terror with stunning effectiveness. Fertilizer bombs like the one that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., in 1995 could wreak havoc with bridges...
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�...