Word: exoticize
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One of my indelible memories from my time growing up in London was how my parents schlepped my sister and me on various weekend jaunts around the country and into the European continent. Although the two of us were fairly willing travelers, especially for the more exotic trips, we often...
The statistics show that subprime-caliber borrowers weren't the only takers for those notorious no-money-down, interest-only, adjustable-rate mortgages. Purchasers with high credit scores, who could have qualified for the standard 30-year mortgages, were also enticed by the exotic loans because they offered substantial initial...
So ignore the fact that Spoon is now more than a decade into a career that's as deep in critical praise as commercial shrugs. Ignore it not simply because critical unanimity is a turnoff but because it tends to be conferred on the educational or exotic. Spoon's sixth...
Ed Hamilton has a rough job, but somebody's gotta do it. The Florida-born chemical engineer cruises the Caribbean on his 44-ft. cutter in search of the world's best rums. He's not looking for the pale stuff you guzzle with Coca-Cola; he's out for...
Lisa Cullen's July 2 Essay "Demoting the Dog" arrived just in time to explain the torment I experienced when my master's daughter visited with the first grandchild. I thought I was "top dog" since the kids moved out of the house, but now I am close to being...