Word: ouzo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Persian Gulf? What is the revolution quotient in Bahrain, the kidnap potential of Beirut? Like expatriates before him, Axton, recently separated from his wife and son, oscillates between the thrill of exotica and the lost comforts of home. One of the Athens-based corporate transients with whom Axton spends ouzo-drenched evenings finds Americans "eerie people." They are "genetically engineered to play squash and work weekends." Even Axton dispels his fear of violence with irony. "I go everywhere twice," he says. "Once to get the wrong impression, once to strengthen...