Word: thrilling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Movies really better than ever? Well, that all depends on how you look at them. Frankly though, for a serious mind, the movies will never equal the thrill and glamour of the theatre, the legitimate stage...
...jazz all right-but subtle and discreet jazz. It was partly the instruments; there just isn't much blare in a guitar, bass fiddle and vibraphone. But it was mostly the sandy-haired man behind the "vibes." Oldtimer Red Norvo undoubtedly was, as Metronome said, "the new thrill...
Back for the final heat, he gave 250,000 spectators a thrill by whipping so narrowly past the observation barge that newsmen aboard could count the stitches on his lifebelt. Then, 300 yards past the barge, Quicksilver began the turn. Suddenly the big hydroplane flipped over, vanished in a geyser of white spray. When the mist settled, only flotsam remained-a few splinters of grey plywood, a seat cushion, one shoe with a sock still inside...
...boxers flatten Britain's best, crowed with delight. Bragged the Daily Mirror: "Turpin became world champion without any of the hokum that Americans have used to bedazzle and bamboozle their opponents before the fight." London's anti-American, middlebrow New Statesman and Nation felt a primitive thrill: "The local boy from Leamington Spa became the giant-killer and we all felt bigger and better in consequence . . . Europe had risen from the gutter and thrashed the Prince of the Dollar Empire ... Morale rises ... Even the Government becomes our Government and can be sure of re-election on such...
...scholar's serious interest in the fine points of the game. His delivery is warmly enthusiastic without drifting into hysteria; his Southern accent is mild, not wild. Most important, he still adores baseball and never expects to tire of it. "Baseball," he explains, "is a vicarious thrill. I get to play all ten positions...