Word: exoticism
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The second wave had a rocky start. Too often, enthusiastic young computer nerds babbling in technospeak would sell flashy systems to computer-dazzled counterparts in the research divisions of Fortune 500 companies. In turn, the corporate techies built glitzy prototypes that ran on exotic hardware. By the mid-1980s it...
There are other, less popular, but more exotic packages available, such as helping Uncle Sam check the spread of the Communist menace in Honduras--all expenses paid. But the vast array of choices with so little time to decide might make you want to simply crawl into your closet and...
He claims not to endorse any specific ideology, but the slogans he literally peddles include "Share the Earth," "The Moral Majority is Neither" and "Join the Army--Travel to exotic, distant lands, meet exciting, unusual people, and kill them."
Many commuters say a big advantage of living off campus is having their own kitchen. Petipas says she likes cooking her own "exotic concoctions" and "strange Japanese things," and Ellison says, "I like to cook my own food because it's better."
Affluenza victims often go to great lengths to hide their privileged status. Swanee Hunt, the daughter of Texas Billionaire H.L. Hunt, kept her identity secret from schoolmates. Marriage and a change of name were not camouflage enough; at her request, she and her husband moved to Europe. "I spent a...