Word: thrill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assembly felt its first political thrill when Governor Adlai Stevenson made his brisk speech. Next speaker was Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois. Instead of generalities, which are customary for a convention's first day, Douglas chose to speak on a very specific issue, and one that was obviously worrying the Democrats: Korea...
...Have to Be Mean . . ." There was an unladylike grimness about Maureen's playing that shocked most proper Britons into grudging admiration-and a keen wish to see her roundly trounced. Cried London's Daily Telegraph: "The big thrill the center court crowd so eagerly awaits . . . the defeat of the 17-year-old, much-vaunted American champion ... is still to come." Teach snorted scornfully in reply: "She's out to kill them. You have to be mean to be a champion. How can you lick someone if you feel friendly toward them...
...ruined Mayan city of Palenque, State of Chiapas, Mexico, Mexican Archaeologist Alberto Ruz Luhillier had the thrill that all diggers hope for: he was the first to look into a ceremonial chamber that had been closed and forgotten centuries...
Though Pacote is still swaying slightly at bullfight time, his mouth and his spirit are ash-dry. He watches young Tano Ruiz work deftly with the first bull, hears the crowd shouting in approval. Let Tano thrill them. He, Pacote, will "coast all the way," retire to a good safe life of raising bulls in Cordoba. His own first bull is a fiasco. Pacote trips on his cape before making a single pass. As he staggers to his feet, the bull deals him a glancing blow that knocks him down and out. As the doctor works feverishly to bring...
...whole thing away in his attic trunk. Nowadays a lot of would-be authors are making a third choice: they sign a contract with a publisher who specializes in would-be authors. For a few hundred dollars (and up), anybody, if he shops far enough, can have the thrill of seeing his stuff in print. He may not get much for his money -often not more than a stack of cheaply printed, poorly bound books dumped on his doorstep. His disappointment may be keen if the come-on has convinced him that his book is going to sell...