Word: thrill
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...doesn’t seem to have become one since then.He may be glad that the critically-lauded Episode III “brought peace to the galaxy” this May, after opinion on Episodes I and II had divided die-hard fans from casual movie thrill-seekers. Yet, when asked about the voluminous Star Wars novels, comics, and video games, so loved by the fan community, he claims that they’re “not something that we track all that often.”So, if he’s not a slick, Hollywood soul...
...Ransom, 56, learned that the hard way. A disabled former secretary from Bonham, Texas, she took up online poker with glee about a year ago. Lonely at home and hooked on the thrill of competing, she began playing $20 and $30 tables and losing too much. Then an online friend at the Women's Poker Club gave her some sisterly advice, which she took to heart. "Now I deposit only so much a month," she says, "and if I lose it, I just play free games until the next month." Borrowing to play is a sure sign of trouble...
...college-invented game. Take Beirut out of its natural habitat—dorm rooms and bars—and thrust it into the limelight and you’ve got a product about as interesting as professional pool. Beirut has always been about the atmosphere, the competition, and the thrill of daggering your opponents on the rebuttal. Bud and Miller can’t capture this, and they should stay off our turf. Thankfully, Big Beer didn’t count on two things which will inevitably stymie their efforts. First, trying to take the drinking out of Beirut...
...ceremony] was such a thrill because most artists have to die before they’re ever recognized,” Featherstone said, “I’ll take any recognition as long as I’m here...
Lance Armstrong was the story on dry land this summer, but on water nothing topped ESPN's Bassmaster Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa., where 47 anglers raced across a Y-shaped "playing field" covering the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. ESPN crews produced several live shows that captured the, um, thrill of watching grown men struggling to catch fish. It can take hours to get a bite, but cool editing tricks, Pixar-type animation and dizzying camera work keep the action moving at breakneck speeds. ESPN had 35 cameras, two helicopters and a blimp at the classic, while the FLW uses...