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Diving with dangerous sharks without a cage appeals to the thrill seeker, Burgess says, adding, "It is taking further and further steps farther and farther toward danger." The tour, provided by Scuba Adventures of Riviera Beach, Fla., promoted its dives as great hammerhead and tiger shark expeditions. Although the company issued a blanket "no comment" when contacted by TIME, its literature made clear the divers would be in the water without any cages while the sharks were being fed - a practice banned in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Adventure Tourism Kills | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

Still, she says, the best bet is to avoid risky behavior in the first place. But if the thrill seeker in you won't allow for that, at a minimum check out the tour operator's safety record and whether the company adheres to proper safety standards. This particularly applies when traveling abroad. Don't take for granted that a tour operator in a foreign country is going to apply the same safety standards as regulated in the United States, she says. Lastly, you may win your lawsuit but collect nothing because the tour operator either has no assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Adventure Tourism Kills | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...League sports provide the country’s most ambitious combination of the challenge and thrill of athletic competition and the pursuit of academic and personal growth and accomplishment,” Orleans said in the statement...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn and Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Ivy League Director To Step Down in ’09 | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...Lost” is also like a Zen monk: it answers every question with three more. And like an abusive boyfriend or a Zen monk, it’s more or less impossible to resist. What initially appeared to be a creepy survival-in-the-face-of-monsters thrill ride has morphed into a “Twilight Zone” version of Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice.” It’s a universe in which Locke literally faces off against Rousseau and people have started time-traveling and talking to ghosts for no apparent...

Author: By Allie T. Pape, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Love 'Lost': One Fan's Faith | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...think every day with Christina has been phenomenal,” Wilson said. “It’s just a thrill to see her come out and play every game because she’s so smart and she works her angles really well...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Ends Beanpot Draught | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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