Word: rustication
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Costa Rica. A rustic democracy fit to gladden Thomas Jefferson's heart...
...language, except for "smog free" California real estate. A house is "cute," "a cutie," "adorable," "exquisite," "elegant," "a dandy," "magnificent," "glamorous," "spic & span," "clean as a pin," "a rare find"-and inevitably near everything and a "real bargain." A farm is never a farm but "a rural hideaway," "rustic retreat," or "secluded estate...
...they are. . .But just how queer they are, Mr. James never knew. He never saw a radio reporter, never talked to an American Oil Company proconsul gossiping in the Via Veneto about his native Texas . . . Mr. James's . . . young American suitor, apologetic for having been reared in the rustic innocence of Harvard instead of the Byzantine courtliness of a bed-sitting-room at Oxford, has been replaced by the American flying major who in Africa, Arabia, China, Paris is used to being courted as the new Milord...
...from March 5 to March 17 the railroad would close down; customers would have to travel by specially hired buses. For three days the Flyer stayed sadly in its shed. One bus broke down and a car was hired. Then the railroad's top officials heard about the rustic crisis, quickly fetched old Flyerman George Nicholson from another line. Said George warmly: "I jumped at the chance. For seven years I fired this train. I'm fond...
Grieg: Haugtussa (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Edwin McArthur, piano; Victor, 2 sides LP). Grieg's rustic cycle of eight songs might never be missed, but as a vehicle for Flagstad's glorious soprano they are worth hearing. Recording: good...