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Luxury
LUXURY LUXURY. Luxury means spending more than one needs to, and, in the view of some who concern themselves with the matter, more than one ought to, on comforts and pleasures. Since eating and drinking are (to most people) pleasures, luxury may take the form of lavish spending on eating and... Read more |
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Hindenburg
H INDENBURG The Hindenburgwas an 804-foot-long German dirigible and the largest rigid airship ever constructed. It was first launched in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in April 1936. The huge craft could lift atotal weight of about 235 tons (215 metric tons). It... Read more |
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Marco Millions
Marco Millions (1928), a play by Eugene O'Neill. [Guild Theatre, 92 perf.] As a young man, Marco Polo ( Alfred Lunt) is sent to China on business in the company of his father and uncle. He is so determined to succeed that he has no conception of the deep love Kukachin ( Margalo Gillmore), the... Read more |
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The Bostonians
Bostonians, The, novel by Henry James, published in 1886. Miss Birdseye is believed to represent Elizabeth Peabody.Basil Ransom, a Mississippi lawyer, comes to Boston to seek his fortune, and becomes acquainted with his cousins, the flirtatious widow, Mrs. Luna, and her neurotic sister, Olive... Read more |
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Xanadu
Xanadu the name of (Shang-tu) of an ancient city in SE Mongolia, as portrayed in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan (1816). Xanadu is used to convey an impression of a place as almost unattainably luxurious or beautiful; in Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane, in which the protagonist is explicitly... Read more |
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Qumran
Qumran , ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Archaeological work at Qumran has yielded a profile of its history. In Israelite times it was the site of a... Read more |
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Beau Nash
Beau Nash (Richard Nash), 1674-1761, Englishman of fashion. As master of ceremonies at Bath he was the recognized leader of society. He maintained his luxurious mode of living by gambling until gaming was forbidden in 1745. He died a poor pensioner.... Read more |
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cosmetics
cosmetics preparations externally applied to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. The use of body paint for ornamental and religious purposes has been common among primitive peoples from prehistoric times (see body-marking ). Ointments, balms, powders, and hair dyes... Read more |
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Buddha
Buddha [Skt.,=the enlightened One], usual title given to the founder of Buddhism . He is also called the Tathagata [he who has come thus], Bhagavat [the Lord], and Sugata [well-gone]. He probably lived from 563 to 483 BC The story of his life is overlaid with legend, the earliest written accounts... Read more |
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Food safety
Food Safety One of the many luxuries Americans enjoy is access to the safest and most abundant food supply in the world. This stems from many advances and improvements in food safety, sanitation, and crop production that reduce the chance of food-safety problems, including food-borne illness,... Read more |
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