Word: wigwam
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...upon it." Aware or not, Londoners are heirs to a centuries-old, north-south crossflow of envy and disdain. In 1840 the journalist Charles Mackay disparaged south Londoners by writing that "the progress of civilisation does nothing for them ... a thousand years effect nothing more than to change the wigwam into a hovel...
When Manoj Patel's family bought the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, Calif., four years ago, the iconic Route 66 property was rundown. Its stucco teepees, built in the 1930s by Kentucky motor-inn visionary Frank Redford, had been frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes because the Wigwam's previous owners tried to reel in customers with a cheesy sign urging them to DO IT IN A TEE PEE. The Patels, who left India for the U.S. in 1980, worked hard to restore the motel to its former glory and added some modern amenities, including free wi-fi access. Says...
...world, wasn't the only cured meat taking center stage at the show, though. La Quercia Rossa Heirloom Breed Culaccia dry-cured ham was both salty and sweet, Principe's truffled ham was luxurious, and S. Wallace Edwards offered American- style serrano with paper-thin slices of its WigWam...
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