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Word: kama (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vaux: When I first started college there was a book called "Hammer of the Gods." ...I also was profoundly impressed by the Kama Sutra, which has many useful insights into the workings of relationships and social structures. Everyone should read...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Professor Fun Facts | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Take a trendier path toward spiritual renovation. Stretch your body like silly putty and learn some interesting new positions that even Cosmo Kama Sutra would be proud of at Yoga Class (Malkin Athletic Center; Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.; $5). As a mental practice as well as a physical one, yoga will relax you as it is centered on strength and flexibility training...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Spiritual | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...imagery, people made of thoughts, eagles born from copulating trees and spontaneously appearing mountains all have the opportunity to be exploited for their "exoticism" and "Orientalism." The sexually explicit exploits of the Hindu pantheon are particularly vulnerable to such a reading--India is the culture that brought us the Kama Sutra, after...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Indian Campfire Tales | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

...cellophane ones, where canned pineapple wedges thrown on pizza qualify as a tropical Hawaiian feast. This was pretty close to the real thing. Authenticity of Hawaiian culture is hard to come by, especially on the main-land and when found, it is a rare treat for mainlanders and kama'aina alike...

Author: By Breeze K. Giannasio, | Title: A FIRST-HAND REPORT FROM THE MIT LUAU | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...dancing was interspliced with various raffles and contests to win prizes such as chocolate covered macadamia nuts and li hing mui dried mango (local treats that are indescribably good). Non-kama'aina were asked questions such as the name of the state fish (humuhumunukunukuapu'a'a), how many islands there are in Hawaii (eight), and why "Hawaii Five-O" was given its name (Hawaii is the 50th state). Reluctant mainlanders were also occasionally asked to come to the stage to do impromptu hula for the audience, all in the name of winning prizes and good old humiliation. Another side-show...

Author: By Breeze K. Giannasio, | Title: A FIRST-HAND REPORT FROM THE MIT LUAU | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

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