Word: thrilled
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...course, the rapture could soon end. Japan is scheduled to play Turkey next?in the sudden death portion of the competition. But the country has already felt the frisson that goes with World Cup success, and the thrill?the long-awaited taste of glory?has invigorated a slumbering nation. "With their fighting spirit," says college student Sakaue, "we all can win again...
...first comes 1988, when student protests in Rangoon grow into a nationwide pro-democracy uprising in which Khoo Thwe, a natural orator, plays an impassioned role. "It is hard to describe the thrill people felt in finding their voices for the first time," he writes, then describes brilliantly the sheer, heart-pounding euphoria of defying the authorities under a regime where "even to think about the possibility felt like committing a crime...
Cadiff quips that he has had more nominations for television awards than wins. But, he says, “it was a thrill to be nominated...
Granted, there remains an undeniable thrill in gazing out over the looping red ribbons of the Mekong and its tributary, the Ruak, and being able to see not one but two other countries, where vast stands of golden teak shimmer and hint at mysteries within. But it's a thrill tempered by the riot of ugliness erupting all around, and the creeping fear that another decade or so is all that separates this once lovely spot from becoming Pattaya-on-the-Mekong. "This was still mostly farmland 10 years ago," says Junfong Suphan, 48, a farmer who now sells counterfeit...
...from nearby Putten op de Veluwe and a candidate on Fortuyn's list, was left unimpressed in his frequent dealings with Van der Graaf. "You had the impression that he lived in his own world and didn't expect anyone outside it to understand him," he says. "His biggest thrill must have been when the local paper called him a 'green Robin Hood...