Word: exoticisms
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> the trend toward rewarding and motivating employees by scheduling company meetings in distant or otherwise exotic locales ("incentive travel," it is called);
The public loved it, though. After Samoa Mead continued to travel and write, occasionally turning out technical monographs to placate her vociferous peers, but more often than not producing books for popular consumption. True to Boaz, she examined sex roles in different cultures, rejecting the idea that one predetermined set...
Reporting on an industry redolent of mystery and the exotic, Raffety was most fascinated by Bergerac himself. Her explanation: "I always suspected that people in this business were somewhat artificial-speaking with broad accents, for example, or constantly using endearments like 'darling.' Bergerac could not be more genuine...
(5 of 10) about the Far East. All that gets pretty far removed from discos; certainly Revlon's admen would not dream of suggesting that a woman go disco dancing in a veiled hat. But if disco lights dictate dark lips and eyes, and that suggests an exotic aura of...
How the new Australian films will fare in the world market is a question. The country's wild coasts and mysterious outback provide smashing settings for directors to play with, and there is an exotic quality to Australian history that makes fascinating story material. But there is an undeniable air...