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...book--which is written in alternating chapters, a lovely duet--the couple notably break the code against frankness about sex, describing in detail their sojourns through the bedrooms of New York. "Sex before marriage remained vaguely illicit for members of my generation," writes Kaplan. "This gave it an extra thrill--the thrill of 'sneaky sex.' We were cat burglars of pleasure." However, their sexual adventurousness ended at the altar, the couple say: their long marriage has been monogamous...
...Vitti's hair, in the crystalline monochrome of "L'Avventura," than on the subtlety with which Vitti reveals a wounded soul through huge, blank eyes. In all Scorsese's reveries of a boyhood falling in love with movies, there's no talk of a boy's love-fear-awe-thrill at the women who animated those movies. His wafting memories hardly carry the scent of a woman...
...course, the rapture could soon end. Japan is scheduled to play Turkey next?in the sudden death portion of the competition. But the country has already felt the frisson that goes with World Cup success, and the thrill?the long-awaited taste of glory?has invigorated a slumbering nation. "With their fighting spirit," says college student Sakaue, "we all can win again...
...first comes 1988, when student protests in Rangoon grow into a nationwide pro-democracy uprising in which Khoo Thwe, a natural orator, plays an impassioned role. "It is hard to describe the thrill people felt in finding their voices for the first time," he writes, then describes brilliantly the sheer, heart-pounding euphoria of defying the authorities under a regime where "even to think about the possibility felt like committing a crime...
Cadiff quips that he has had more nominations for television awards than wins. But, he says, “it was a thrill to be nominated...