The word that inspired fear and curiosity in her was the name of Shokerandit's homeland, Kharnabhar, a word which embodied legend and romance when spoken from the distance of Borldoran.

The myth embodied fact, fable, romance, and imagination, and culminated in the Horatio Alger dream of "rags to riches."

Where the typical Rodgers and Hammerstein love song ("Some Enchanted Evening" or "Hello, Young Lovers") described love rather grandly, the typical Rodgers and Hart ballad embodied romance with a melody and lyric blended so lightly that they seemed to breathe together.

Their image change may be contrived, their singing and rapping only adequate, but for fans they embody romance.

To Verdi, Puccini and the other composers Mr. Giordani concentrates on, the tenor voice embodied youthful heroism and romance.

"Yon, on the other hand, embody romance, mystery, and a hint or so of danger."

The world remembers Marlene Dietrich mainly as a composite of the alluring but stubbornly independent heroines she portrayed in screen classics like "The Blue Angel," a star who embodied romance, mystery and eroticism.

La Bricola embodies romance.