Word: thrilling
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...this Down East independence does not exactly thrill their colleagues on the GOP side of the Senate chamber. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham noted that Collins' negotiating skills helped turn an $819 billion House bill into an $838 billion version in the Senate. "I like them both," he told the New York Times, "but I wouldn't want them...
...Hard choices remain. Will Nkunda, for example, be extradited from Rwanda? Kabila has promised that Rwandan troops will be out of Congo by March, but every day that they stay - and the thrill of Nkunda's capture recedes - it becomes more difficult politically for him to sustain his bold initiative. None of this will be easy...
...secret of eating burritos quickly. “Don’t chew or bite; just swallow,” he said. Alexander P. Douglas ’09-’11 said that while the grand prize was enticing, he participated in the contest primarily for the thrill and the free burrito. “I ate at Qdoba in preparation,” he said. “I averaged around two minutes a burrito in practice.” Douglas, who recruited his team two hours before the contest after being “cut?...
Maybe, but unlike Royal, Sarkozy (and copycat Obama) won their presidential bids and don't spend their time plotting revenge. "The real problem with this book is, it will horrify Sarkozy backers, thrill her own - and lead most in the middle asking what Royal could have been thinking when she wrote it," Reynié says. "If further dividing the left and uniting the right around Sarkozy is Royal's strategy for beating him, it certainly is unconventional...
...this time last year, the storyline looked just the same for the Harvard men’s hockey team. The Crimson (5-11-4, 5-6-4 ECAC) is starting to rebound after a lengthy winless streak and looks toward the thrill and fanfare of playing in a venerable Boston-sports institution—the 57th Annual Beanpot Tournament—to jumpstart the momentum. In this tournament, featuring the four elite teams of Boston men’s college hockey, a win always carries special significance. The Crimson played two of the most exciting games of its season...