Word: exoticisms
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A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone. Three spiritually adrift gringos and a collection of exotic supporting players bump into their fates on the fringes of a Central American revolution.
Botany, Britain's public and private passion, is rooted in the late 18th century. In that formal, opulent era, imperial collectors sent a steady stream of exotic flora from the newly acquired lands of Africa and America, and the first plantings were made in what was to become the...
The trio was based on a nine-note scale called--yes, the "Tcherepnin scale." This makes the music unique and exotic, but provides a basis for comprehension simpler in nature than, say, Ivan Tcherepnin's work. Ivan, whose Le Va et le Vient was premiered successfully two years ago by...
More ethnically diverse, Malibu Barbie comes with "moveable hips" and Oriental Barbie invites youngsters to visit the "exotic" (what else?) East with her. They seem a small sideline of the Barbie empire, though; it is still the Barbie expressing good old American values that take up more display space than...
In a general way, Eurydike represents the dashing and wild West and Perdikkas the exotic and clever East. She marries but does not couple with Alexander's retarded brother, a large sweet creature who can be made to look and sound kingly for brief ceremonial occasions. Perdikkas attempts to...