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...social worker for a computer-science degree. I never imagined this field would be so challenging, exciting and people oriented. If society is just beginning to discover what the computer can accomplish in the future, then we are riding on the crest of a revolution. Therein lies the thrill of belonging to this generation...
...unwilling to exercise in a boring or repetitive manner. He prefers to go cross-country sking in New Hampshire's White Mountains, where he owns a cabin. "Anybody who lives in New England and doesn't get out to the country really is missing a great deal. The thrill of gliding through the forest on noiseless skis is hard to beat...
Cosell must have been there to signify television. Ali was definitely the symbol of fighters who do not retire. What Singer Wayne Newton represented was unclear, perhaps Las Vegas. "It's a great thrill to be here tonight," Newton said, bouncing into the ring, resisting the impulse to undo his tie. Maybe Newton's part had to do with something Leonard once said...
...better horror films. "Tide," a rather innocuous revenge fantasy, doesn't even belong among this assortment, and "Crate" is a heavy handed attempt at horror comedy, something else that's never seemed to work very well. The only short story of the lot that does provide a mild thrill is the last one, "Creeping Up on You," but by that time, it doesn't matter very much...
...risk analysis of the executives in multinational corporations. But how does one determine the actuarial odds in the Persian Gulf? What is the revolution quotient in Bahrain, the kidnap potential of Beirut? Like expatriates before him, Axton, recently separated from his wife and son, oscillates between the thrill of exotica and the lost comforts of home. One of the Athens-based corporate transients with whom Axton spends ouzo-drenched evenings finds Americans "eerie people." They are "genetically engineered to play squash and work weekends." Even Axton dispels his fear of violence with irony. "I go everywhere twice," he says. "Once...