Word: squeamish
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...taking Christopher to ?Mission: SPACE? fell to Uncle Bobby, which is me. ?Mission? is a heckuva ride. They give you three or four chances to back out before the harness slips down and, in a room that doesn?t go anywhere, they zoom you to Mars. If you?re squeamish, take their heed. They keep saying the ride can cause motion sickness, and I will offer as Exhibit A the young man in the simulator next to ours who lost lunch on his way to the exit. For all the physical effect it is capable of, ?Mission: SPACE...
...Search further and you'll find ceremonial brasses from Benin, Hawaiian feather cloaks and-most notoriously-a group of shrunken heads from the Americas (alongside trepanned skulls, and teeth that had been ritually filed to sharp points). There are tattooing and body-piercing displays, while the more squeamish can find diversion in mountains of magic charms, jewelry and ethnic sculpture. Those seeking a break from the saccharine prettiness of Oxford's colleges-or the steep prices of its centuries-old pubs-will find it here. Especially on a rainy day, and with a healthy sense of wonder...
...Search further and you'll find ceremonial brasses from Benin, Hawaiian feather cloaks and-most notoriously-a group of shrunken heads from the Americas (alongside trepanned skulls, and teeth that had been ritually filed to sharp points). There are tattooing and body-piercing displays, while the more squeamish can find diversion in mountains of magic charms, jewelry and ethnic sculpture...
...cheer, then chances are you're not Czech. For 'tis the season when the streets of Prague are filled with stands selling carp, a staple of the Bohemian holiday table, served breaded and fried with potato salad. Many folks buy their fish live and kill it at home. More squeamish celebrants have it gutted for them...
...easy comedy of young Americans in old Asia. She seeks the unseen forces that bind together families?both biological and artificial?no matter how far apart their individual members roam. At the orphanage where Mandy works with AIDS-afflicted children, the suddenly tender daughter hands an infant to her squeamish, confused mother, Alice, who stares back at the grown child now drifting unfathomably far from her. Those are the sudden moments of near understanding that Freudenberger captures throughout this satisfying and promising exploration of what binds us when we're untied?and footloose?in bewildering foreign lands...