Shangri-la
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“When you walk into this house,” he says, “you are walking into Harlan’s brain. He loved the film ‘Lost Horizon’ and the concept of Shangri-la, a place where everything that gave you joy would exist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
Mr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore attended by defence chiefs from around the world, including US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese defence minister Dong Jun.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2024
"Ratched" was a bomb, but the psychiatric hospital where Sarah Paulson's wicked nurse worked was an interior designer's Shangri-la.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Singapore's Shangri-la Dialogue security conference in June, where a handshake marked their closest interaction.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2023
Herbie gawked at this serene woman who traipsed so placidly about her Shangri-la.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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