Word: thrilled
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...three different genres you work in - theater, television and movies - which is your favorite? There's nothing like the thrill of live theater, but sometimes telling stories to a larger audience is a separate or a different reward. So many people on the street stop me to talk about The Wire, what it's done for TV, for Baltimore in general, unearthing all these problems. It's a thrill for me to be part of something that big and important. It's just different, but I wouldn't say one is better...
Concerning the allure of hiking and mountaineering: Some people love it because of the solace, and like to do it alone. Some like the teamwork. Some do it because of the thrill. What was it for you? I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too. If I wished to do something, even if I couldn't find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging, and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely...
There is - as any who have followed one will attest - a thrill to a closely fought American presidential primary campaign that is quite unlike that provided by any other kind of political event. The earnest coffee mornings in Iowa homes and the packed school gyms in New Hampshire; the air wars - a relentless blitz of TV ads - in megastates such as New York and California; the retail politics as candidates tramp through slush and frozen stubble; the defining moments that summon up memories of campaigns long ago - how come it was OK for Hillary Clinton to tear...
Since Hicks was seized by a group of Northern Alliance fighters at a checkpoint in northern Afghanistan two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he has been the subject of relentless speculation as to whether he was a terrorist true believer or just a thrill-seeking adventurer who went astray. Yesterday, smiling and looking stocky and confident, Hicks was driven away in a two-car convoy while his lawyer spoke on his behalf: "First and foremost I recognize the full depth of gratitude for getting me home. I will not forget or let you down...
...Does your thrill-seeking spirit help or hurt you in business? -Horacio Coutiño, Mexico CityI think it helps. Entrepreneurs are adventurous people who are trying to do things that have never been done before. Sometimes you fall flat on your face, but I think by going out there and giving it a go, in the end you might actually succeed...