Word: thrilled
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...Harvard English department, struggle with a psychotic roommate and fail in the pursuit of Pamela, an enigmatic novelist, but none of these things make the leap from anecdote to art. The monologue often relies on mere local reference to keep the audience interested. We get a sort of thrill from hearing places and people we know mentioned on stage. When Marler does strive for larger meaning, he usually achieves only pretension--as with the title, which has no more concrete meaning after one has seen the play than before...
...rest come mainly from Western Europe; cases are equally split between Christians and Jews (the city's few Muslim tourists have so far managed to keep their wits intact). According to Moshe Kalian, a psychiatrist at Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem Syndrome may be set off by the thrill of visiting a place previously known only as a sublime dream-"like a movie-star fan who suddenly gets to kiss his idol." Or sufferers may fall victim to the disappointment of discovering that Jerusalem is also an earthly town complete with strip malls and traffic jams. "Unwilling to accept that reality," Kalian...
...write letters for the thrill I get from sending them, as the targets themselves offer mostly embittering experiences. Granted, more frequently than not, I'm writing complaints, but they are always polite and generally in the form of queries. That's what we're taught at Harvard--it's not the answers that count but the questions. The world should be grateful to me for gracefully pointing out its inconsistencies...
...experience this thrill, of course, it's important to have a team that's capable of winning. As near as I can tell, you just need talented kids. We certainly have them. Eleven-year-old Anthony, the league MVP for the last two seasons, can now out-play Coach Joe in intra-squad scrimmages. And, as every Harvard pre-med knows, being aggressive certainly helps. Our kids have a reputation around the league for using their 85-pound masses of flesh to bruise, sprain and bloody their opponents. At practice, they rehearse the slide tackles and body blocks on each...
...Thrill of Victory...