Word: itch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...
...example, the chorus of fairies does not appear convincingly attentive to the Fairy Queen. Perhaps they are thinking about that handsome woodland sprite they just met the other day, or are preoccupied by an itch on one or their wings. When they do make faces of exaggerated wonder, these changes of expression lack fluency. As a result, the fairies, supposedly spontaneous and playful, instead appear a bit stiff and their gestures somewhat perfunctory...
Lehman dropped out of sight for seven years--breaking the Tour's metaphysical mirror exiled him to Asia, South Africa and other such hotspots of international goodwill, until some sizzling play on the then-Hogan Tour ended his seven-year itch to get back with the big boys...
...EGYPTIAN JUKEBOX, by Nick Bantock (Viking; $18.95). A taste for archeology and an itch for puzzle solving will enhance enjoyment of this intriguing combination of art book and mystery story by the popular author of the Griffin & Sabine books. The illustrations are composed of curious knickknacks found in a museum cabinet built by a missing eccentric millionaire. The artifacts, reminiscent of Joseph Cornell's haunting boxes, are clues to the whereabouts of their owner. And what of his worried daughter, who has a hand in the text? Stories about the missing man's adventures also harbor clues. Have an interactive...
President Francois Mitterrand's likeness will probably never grace a ceiling. But what he shares with the Emperor is the French monarchical itch to build upon the nation's patrimony. His Grand Louvre renovation, launched in 1981, was once attacked as an exercise in Socialist self-aggrandizement. Today the project is described by Jacques Toubon, the new Gaullist Minister of Culture, as "a historic and cultural space without comparison in the world...