Word: exoticisms
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Scattered across this diverse land, Nigeria's cities throb with the vigor of noisy commerce and the color of exotic dyes. In the federal capital of Lagos (pronounced Lay-gahs), where gleaming buildings rise among the slums, the streets are a cacophony of honking autos and a torrent of...
Yellow Stars. Hong Kong is far and away the most efficient tourist center and the most knowledgeable in combining the exotic, flavorful atmosphere of the East with the well-policed comfort and orderliness of the West. The city itself, officially called Victoria, is on Hong Kong Island. But the crown...
(3 of 3) Mail, which reckoned that Liz had contracted exotic Malta fever-a malady afflicting humans through goat's milk-while on a vacation in the Greek Islands. If that were so, it was surely the most costly Malta milk in cinematic history.
From Liszt to Lehar. Frederick Loewe grew up in a musical-comedy world. His father, Edmund Loewe, a Vienna-born operetta tenor, was the first Prince Danilo in the Berlin production of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow, the Fair Lady of its day, was also Berlin's first Chocolate...
To avoid a mere travelogue, Lamorisse built his story around a Quixotic professor out to demonstrate that a balloon is the ideal means of transportation. At the last moment, his grandson talks his way aboard. The eventful flight-they follow flocks of exotic birds, drop in on a bullfight-is...