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Mishra's creamy narrative about a young Brahman's student days on the banks of the Ganges is reminiscent of one of those mildly exotic stories that turned up regularly in the old New Yorker. Mishra's eye is sharp, his prose flawless. But his hero is a bit detached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Subcontinentals | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

Giorgio Armani's new scent is called Mania. Later this year Ralph Lauren will launch a perfume called Ralph. And Givenchy has three scents due in the fall: Fast Forward, Rewind and Play. After years of offering exotic and sensuously named perfumes and colognes, fragrancemakers have started giving scents names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Smell So Geometric (Is That Ralph?) | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

According to preliminary market surveys, there are 10,000 would-be space tourists willing to spend $1 million each to visit the final frontier. Space Adventures in Arlington, Va., has taken more than 130 deposits for a two-hour, $98,000 space tour tentatively (and somewhat dubiously) set to occur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Take Vacations In Space? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

Working on my St. Tropez tan with the aid of my tube of Bain de Soleil, I discovered that the exotic balm did not work completely as advertised. The bright orange hue on my back and shanks did not achieve the desired effect. Alors!

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Groovy Train: Spring Break Disasters | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

Concerned with the proliferation of nudity in movies and on the Web? Read on. Those detached outposts may eventually become the only venues for libidinous Americans to gaze at naked strangers. The United States Supreme Court voted six to three Wednesday to uphold an Erie, Pa., statute that requires exotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the G-String Became an American Crimefighter | 3/29/2000 | See Source »

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