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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...said he was troubled by the increase in deterministic theories, such as the recent studies suggesting the existence of genes for thrill-seeking and homosexuality, among other behaviors...

Author: By Nell E. S. haddock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Lecturer Challenges Book About Origins of Rape | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

There are more differences between today's online chat rooms and the parlors used for courting in the 19th century than your article "The Love Machines" admits [LIFESTYLES, Feb. 14]. Today it is relatively easy to find love online, and the sheer quantity of prospects would absolutely thrill the 19th century suitor. But will the cybermarriages last just because both parties like country music? Human compatibility is more complex. In the 19th century, a suitor had to earn his way into a parlor by showing he was worthy. There had to be evidence of success and proper living. You couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 6, 2000 | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...Undoubtedly, however, Spyder gets a thrill out of urban spelunking, and he looks spiffy when he's dressed head-to-toe in dark garb like someone outside of M-80 on a Thursday night. The challenge of climbing aside, Spyder also has to be on the lookout for wandering HUPD. "I was just about to climb up this one fire escape," says Spyder, "when I heard someone yell at me. Naturally, I nonchalantly walked away...

Author: By Kenyon S. Weaver, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Climb Every Mountain, and More: Spiderman Survives in the City | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

Interstate 10, bound east to west, is a nonstop train of dreamers. Barreling through the desert, they come in search of the cheap thrill, the easy score, the fast women, the sugar daddies. On their final approach, they can already begin to make out the pale halo of the city's lights--lights that can be seen from outer orbit, against the dark face of a planet couched in the shadow of night. They make their way down to the strip and all around the city. They're greeted by a madman's dreamscape: castles made of sand, built with...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...CHARGE] Went on "kill-for-thrill" spree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tracks Of Their Tears | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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