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...began to fade across the south lawn. He had had his ups and downs over the last week. He was a bit more tired than usual, just a shade more subdued. But he was still a believer. "I'm an optimist," he said. "It's a great thrill being President... Betty and I are well adjusted [to White House life]; the children have gotten along well; I think it has brought our family closer together. Our children have matured very well in the White House. It's been helpful to them. I'm absolutely enthusiastic about...
...escape this preoccupation, Lawrence became more and more addicted to the thrill of high speeds. On a May morning in 1935, he took his beloved motorcycle on a breakneck run through the English countryside. Two boys on bicycles moved into his path. He swerved, flew over the handlebars and fell fatally to the road. Could it be said that in a final ironic effort to protect other's lives, Lawrence gained release from the torment...
...Yessir." says the student porter in a thrill of anticipation...
...Barnum & Bailey Circus has settled in for its spring visit, a British-born performer named Elvin Bale approaches the device, unlimbers its 40-ft. arms and sets both himself and the great wheel into motion. Thus begins what Ringling Impresario Irvin Feld says is "one of the most fantastic thrill acts the show has ever...
...director over-confident. No attempt is made to dip beneath the surface of these men or their relationship, and, perhaps, there is nothing beneath the surface. But we never really know how much these men are driven by personal ambition, how much by moral vigor, how much by pure thrill of the chase. Do they even like each other? They never discuss the wider significance of the case or their handling of it, only tactics and never strategy. Deep Throat provides some of the comments that put events in context, but the film really tells us little about whether...