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...poked cannonballs of elephant dung and judged how long ago the beasts had passed. Now and then they came upon Samburu tending herds of high-humped Boran cattle. But mostly they walked in solitude. Toad savored the wild walker's joys -- the peace of utter remoteness, the little thrill of vulnerability and self-testing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Walking on The Wild Side | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...some say that the Celtics are doomed even with Bird. Win or lose, watching Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Brain Shaw and Reggie Lewis play basketball is quite a thrill...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...almost impossible to go through four years at Harvard without taking a course with one of the big-shots. But once the initial thrill wears off, many become convinced that that true secret to Harvard is to avoid the classes taught by names that appear most frequently on television or in the newspapers...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Name-Dropping | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Living as we are through the greatest global democratic awakening in history, it is hard not to feel the thrill Wordsworth felt when contemplating the French Revolution ("Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive/ But to be young was very heaven!"). Of course Wordsworth lived to regret it. But there will be time for that later. Now is the time to thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Reflections on The Revolution in China | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...their newest, most invigorating collaboration, these three godfathers of the '80s action epic have adopted a father of their own. Sean Connery, who as James Bond helped sire the thrill-machine genre, brings his masterly charm to the role of Indiana's estranged dad Henry Jones. Lucas and Spielberg, Ford and Connery prove that a sequel can be as fresh as the face of a teenage Indy confronting his first hairbreadth challenge. Indy 3 is the same, different and better. It infuses vitality into the action-adventure, a movie staple whose ravenous popularity and endless, predictable permutations have nearly exhausted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: What's Old Is Gold: A Triumph for Indy | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

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