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Word: thrill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...above, Alien Resurrection dies on the way to being reborn and we have to see the placental remains: super space goop gore, custard again and a man picking and looking at a piece of his brain from his blown-out-like-JFK skull before dying. The thrill of Alien was in the mutual hunt: nothing happens, for good reason...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fear of Genetics Meets Cellophane and Custard | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...went out of his way to preserve the former British colony's status under the dictum of "one country, two systems." China itself, strangely enough, is ranked Number 120, and deemed "mostly unfree." Beijing investors, evidently, have much to learn from their brothers to the south: like the thrill of watching the bottom drop out of the Hang Seng index, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land of the Free | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...half an hour she performed on stage wearing a small bikini bottom and top along with a tiny fur coat. This revealing clothing begged the question why the adjective "Lil'" is actually used in her name. Alternating between a long and short blond hair wig, she attempted to thrill the audiences. Once again, the problems with the sound system made it impossible to understand any of her lyrics and gave concertgoers more a headache than anything else...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Family Values: Puffy and Friends a Mixed Bag | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...talking hobby here. We're talking a love of art, a contempt for law enforcement and the thrill of the score. As for the Gardner heist: "You can believe I didn't plan the thing, or The Rape of Europa would have been the first to go." The Titian work was the most valuable piece in the museum but was passed over for lesser goods, Connor says with disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT ART CAPER | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

Stomp also has the ability to push the viewer into a kind of synaesthesic high--there's a remarkable thrill that comes from watching something that's more than just a combination of dance with musical production. Instead, the movement becomes the music, and the rare thrill that that generates is something which much be demonstrated to be understood...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eat This, Michael Flatley: 'Stomp' Rolls In | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

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