Word: exoticization
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Whatever the price, by whatever name, cocaine is becoming the all-American drug. No longer is it a sinful secret of the moneyed elite, nor merely an elusive glitter of decadence in raffish society circles, as it seemed in decades past. No longer is it primarily an exotic and ballyhooed...
In 350 words, Maurice Sendak manages to evoke a mythic land peopled by the familiar (a mother and two daughters) and the wholly exotic (goblins and dream-scapes), where natural law, like the reader, is held in suspense. The time is the past indefinite; costumes indicate the 19th century, but...
Since the University made headlines last fall with a proposal for joining one of its faculty members in sponsoring a commercial genetic research concern, Harvard has become closely associated with the scramble to squeeze profits from exotic biomedical innovations. The two most recent agreements with Du Pont and the German...
I was in Hamilton Bermuda when Elvis, the real Elvis--the one with the improbably cool middle name of Aaron--died. It isn't as glamorous as it sounds. It had been a desperation flight from the country, and, at the time, Bermuda, just six hundred miles off the coast...
Among the more exotic vacation spots favored by Americans this year: Egypt and other parts of Africa. Many better-heeled travelers are jetting off to Europe for a week or so, then making a lengthy side trip to see the pyramids or join a safari. New York's Pisa...