Word: exoticism
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Now when a woman takes to horses after adolescence and then chiefly for show, there is some truth in the opinion of the British mooter of the subject,* because her thigh muscles may not have been adequately strengthened in girlhood. But for the girl taught to ride astride from childhood...
Nine families could not stomach the exotic roast. Sixteen families reported having enjoyed their meal to the utmost. The Government was elated. "That was a tough old bull," said officials. "All would have relished tender calf meat." Experiments continued upon:
Harvard occasionally produces a courageous soul who dares to be exotic--I can no longer use "original" honestly--and such a soul is Dos Passos. Having shocked America with "The Three Soldiers", helped the Dramatic Club with lunar and spectacular fantasy in three acts and Battle Hall, now puts all...
This time these theatrical rum-runners are going to smuggle into our dry dramaturgic desert some strong stuff from Russia and give us for once a draught of the newer Russian vintage. Heretofore most of us have had a chance to taste Russian drama only through the beautiful but already...
As the traveler from Italy bores upward into Switzerland through the great Mount Cenis tunnel, he comes upon a land where peace seems a foregone conclusion from the sheer stillness of its lakes and the immobile vastness of its mountains. There the Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations is...