Word: thrill
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...realize that going professional will require a lot of sacrifices, like learning what an engine is and growing a mustache. But I'm willing, because there truly is no greater thrill in sports than crushing a car. Except maybe crushing a school...
...felt just as acutely the transience and triviality of the whole exercise. The wall in front of the Abbey Road Studios next door, regularly repainted to accommodate a planet’s worth of pilgrims seeking a cheap thrill, bore only signatures dating back a few days. My name would be gone in the blink...
...from the bumpy rides of youth. Drivers need concentration and nerve as well as helmets, race gear and instructions. "These things drive and feel very much like a race car," says Tim Sernett, a former race-car driver and part owner of ProKart Indoors in Minneapolis, Minn. That thrill has captivated corporate America, say track operators, who expect the number of tracks nationwide, now about 30, to double in the next three to five years...
DEERFIELD, Ill.—Summers in deepest suburbia are not known for thrill-a-minute excitement, but mine is beginning to border on the absurd...
...Indeed, Bruckheimer, who is surprisingly soft-spoken for a man whose movies are so loud, has begun working with more established directors such as Joel Schumacher and Ridley Scott. He has even thought of directing himself. But there's one thing about Bruckheimer that won't change. "My biggest thrill is when I sit in a theater and watch people laugh and cry and cheer," he says. "You start with a little idea and make it happen and watch it explode." Pearl Harbor may be loud enough to drown out the critics...