Word: exoticisms
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Indeed there has. The martini, once a symbol of American imbibing, memorialized in thousands of neon outlines of cocktail glasses, is becoming an amusing antique, like a downtown Art Deco apartment building. The new sign of the times? It should be the outline of the ubiquitous green Perrier bottle. Whether...
But like the rest of the business world, journalism is moderating its ways. Notes Associate Editor J.D. Reed, who wrote the story on America's changing drinking habits: "The situation has reversed. People see alcohol not as part of their career but as something that could conceivably mess it up...
The plot explicity follows Candide's love affair with Cunegonde, which initially is torn apart by her percents score of his social positions. The lowers' attempts at reunion, simply put make up the rest of the plot, carrying Candide from war, to the wrath of the Inquisition, the New World...
Far more interesting than the plot, however, is the background Eberstadt provides for each character, the fleeting situations, and the host of minor characters with their quick and pointed dialogue. She has a flair for constructing detailed, exotic scenarios which somehow manage to seem plausible without losing any of their...
Bored might be a better word. As a genre, the big network mini-series has become as predictable and formulaic as the half-hour sitcom. This season's multiparters were mostly sprawling family dramas or historical sagas, with hackneyed plots spiced up with vaguely exotic locales (1920s Paris in Mistral...