Word: exoticisms
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IF YOUR GRANDFATHER'S a king, your father's a drunk, your mother's a thief and you're a gypsy, your situation is unbearable but inescapable. Not only do you have the same exotic blood they do but you have the same light fingers. You're stuck.
Inscrutable and exotic-so America must have seemed to 22 visiting scholars from China as they got their first glimpses of American life last week. The men and women, ranging in age from 35 to 49, are all enrolled at American University's English Language Institute. After three months...
In the cell, what actually happened once occurs again in flashbacks. It all starts with pigeons, whose habits and instincts seem so much more exotic to Birdy and Al than the drab, Depression-ridden lives of their families. When Birdy falls 100 ft. off a gas tower in pursuit of...
Ever since the first Yankee clipper set sail for Canton in 1784, China has held a compelling fascination for Americans. Traders and other early visitors to the Celestial Kingdom returned home with tales of teeming millions, exotic landscapes, seemingly outlandish manners and morals. Even today some Americans have a vision...
Some have called it the "apathetic age," but to accept this is to be blind to boundless activity by innumerable social and political groups. In its farewell issue, New Times depicted this as a "decadent" age; yet the magazine itself, though born out of the sensibilities of the '60s...