Word: exoticism
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Some of the FCC commissioners were uneasy about the new policy, which makes a slice of the broadcast spectrum available without requiring some kind of community service from the broadcasters. But in the end the seven-member body, led by Reagan-appointed Chairman Mark Fowler, acted unanimously in deciding that...
An informed public can force an examination and the media must assume the role of educator. People must insist that military budgets are not sacrosanct. The public must insist that military budgets be more thoroughly examined by Congress. It would be tragic if the nation spends $1.5 trillion for defense...
Ensuring that his hero gets squared off and paired up is not the only thing on Forsyth's mind. He has a genial taste for mild eccentrics and sees to it that plenty of them wander in and out of Gregory's life. There is a friend who...
Such moments adroitly balance the exotic and the familiar; an adventure that will shake Moscow and Washington also leads to a personal discovery, and both results seem equally important. In his fourth novel, Carroll again reveals the commercial instincts that made his Mortal Friends (1978) a best seller. In addition...
A trip to the North Pole may put the question most purely: Why all of that expensive motion? Why do we travel? To penetrate mysteries? The earth does not withhold many secrets any more. Everyone who did not, for one reason or another, travel to China last year is sure...