Word: thrill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocked that children are turning to murder when we show them crime gets you a spot on a talk show or on the front page of the newspaper. For children who don't get attention from their overworked parents, that kind of 15 minutes can hold a sickly exciting thrill...
...merely to ask such questions; he is trying to answer them as well. A pioneer in the field of molecular psychology, Hamer is exploring the role genes play in governing the very core of our individuality. To a remarkable extent, his work on what might be called the gay, thrill-seeking and quit-smoking genes reflects his own genetic predispositions...
...thrill of satisfying my vanity has worn off, and the whistles and stares just make me feel like a spectacle. So when a slightly deranged homeless man mutters, "I'd like to have me some of that," I answer him with a stare so cold he backs off fearfully...
...zesty Jungle Book presentation, with gaily colored puppets; and a Festival of the Lion King (the fourth stage show Disney has spun off from its 1994 animated smash) that blends audience participation with tumbling, stilt-walking, Cirque du Soleil-style big-topicality. In Dinoland U.S.A. there's a dinosaur thrill ride, Countdown to Extinction, that uses the technology of the popular Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland, California. But the best spectacles are the ones visitors create, discover or stumble into on their...
...bound to expand and contract. "Animals will be born and, unfortunately, animals will die," Wolff says. "That's part of the natural process." Some local fauna have already squatted in these fabulous digs. And the park itself will grow. Next year the Asia section opens, with a flume thrill ride and a second safari. A still more remote realm, a kind of beastly kingdom, will feature creatures from fantasy. Eisner also hopes to devote an area to domesticated animals...