Word: exoticism
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"Why," he pressed, "Is there no mention of academic opportunities? Not many other schools offer such exotic courses as Urdu, or even Heros or Beasts. Not many other schools have a Steven Jay Gould or a Bernard Bailyn."
Such a prospect truly alarms Richard Leakey, the world-famous paleontologist who heads Kenya's wildlife department. Says he:"The elephant has been around a long time and has given such pleasure to so many and has the potential to give such pleasure to so many more. Should we allow...
Early in the '80s, the Mets were impossible to resist. They had a theme song that went, "The Mets are really socking the ball--they're hitting those homers, over the wall." They had perennial losing pitchers like Pete Falcone, Bob Apodaca and Skip Lockwood. They had young, exciting players...
Strange, surely, but about the only truly odd tradition I encounter during five weeks in China. By plane, train and car, from the prospering coastal provinces to the country's heartland, where the agricultural reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping ten years ago began a miraculous economic transformation, to Beijing and...
Individuals are not the only ones eager to earn extra money. Under Deng's reforms, most state-run businesses and government agencies are expected to turn a profit. An aircraft factory in Xi'an runs a marriage-introduction center that does a booming business serving the needs of hundreds of...