Word: exoticisms
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THE tale was Rashomon in a James Bondian world, an intricate fantasy of scramblers on telephones and double identities, of 5 a.m. rendezvous in wigs and false beards, of exotic island fastnesses that pulse with secret electronics and the glint of fortunes in transit. Its protagonist could only be Howard...
With perceptions heightened by drugs, said Parsons, a man might "reach a greater understanding of early China by investigating the fondness that the ancient Chinese had for the particularly exotic dish of bear paws." Or a researcher who wanted to understand President James K. Polk, suggested the professor, could hole...
With its laser machines, fights to the death and exotic homicides, Diamonds Are Forever is like a Looney Tune. A chaotic car chase through the streets of downtown Las Vegas is the funniest scene of its kind since Roadrunner last boinked the coyote.
The Communist regime made an early policy decision to marshal all medical manpower for two basic missions: to make some sort of care available to the entire population and to drill the people into becoming active participants in public health campaigns. This approach consciously downgraded advanced research in pure science...
THE CONFORMIST. Bernardo Bertolucci's flamboyant threnody to Italian Fascism featuring a superbly saturnine Jean-Louis Trintignant and an exotic Dominique Sanda.