Word: exoticism
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Although Haiti is an exotic and unique vacation land, there are signs of change. Outside money, particularly in tourist-related businesses such as ho-telbuilding, is coming into the country at the rate of $60 million a year. In the most ambitious of the new proj ects, the island of...
For 23 years Paris Match has been selling photojournalism à la LIFE. Each week in its pages, pictures on breaking news stories compete for space with lavish color spreads of Côte d'Azur celebrities and views of exotic locales. Since 1958, though, when its average sale peaked...
He had an undernourished clown's face, an indeterminately skinny body, and a sophistication that he wore with uncertainty-even in his white tie, top hat and tails. She was soft-and sunny-looking-not beautiful or exotic, but pretty in a way that suggested both sexual challenge and...
WHEN it comes to picking areas, some skiers opt for the challenging, while others choose the chic. Lovers of the exotic may insist that Morocco's Atlas Mountains, home of the ruggedly independent Berber tribes, offer the best schussing. Cross-country buffs are likely to feel that mushing through...
Americans will spend close to $2 billion on wine this year, twice as much as in 1968. The growth in wine consumption is outpacing that of hard liquor and beer, though Americans will spend ten times as much on those beverages combined as on wine. This year a U.S. adult...