Word: thrilled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocked to discover, is not a video game. Seduced by the antiseptic green glimmers of smart bombs and high-altitude jet jockeys flickering across TV screens, we'd come to consider international conflict little more than the quick thrill of bloodless lightning victories. This war is not like that. This war is the ruthless reduction of Kosovo: mass expulsion, killing, burned villages, the obliteration of a people's identity. This war is American soldiers--Staff Sergeant Andrew Ramirez, Staff Sergeant Christopher Stone, Specialist 4 Steven Gonzales--captured, humiliated, perhaps tried, perhaps killed. This war is sophisticated supertech airplanes dropping tons...
...homemakers and senior citizens raiding their attics, a new class of grass-roots merchants is setting up shop. "It's becoming a way of life," maintains Steve Westly, vice president of marketing at eBay, who himself has amassed a collection of 3,000 toy soldiers. "People love the thrill of the hunt...
...Honeymooners where the Kramdens take a break from their marital fractiousness to go out dancing. When they get home, they warmly recall the sweet savor of their romantic prime. Ralph and Alice were, what--33, 35? Yet they saw their good old days as past; the greatest thrill they could have at their advanced age was to reminisce...
...Dole's lack of "feminism," claiming that Dole doesn’t support women's issues. Personally, I find it infinitely refreshing to look down the names of the 20-odd presidential primary candidates and see betwixt "Howard" and "Steve" that lone "Elizabeth." Indeed, I would feel the same thrill of excitement about any woman who was a serious contender for the presidency, regardless of her actual politics...
...want or need to make much sense. It seeks astonishment, terror, wonder, ecstasy and dread. It is spectacular and mythic, an oxygen tent for society's daydreams. Science fiction cordially ignores many vital technologies, such as, say, garbage recycling. Recycling is hugely important, but it has zero science-fictional thrill...