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...indictment, she spent most of her time telling stories. Even when she was not trying to extract more money from clients, she created new, gratuitous dramas, her victims say. "She enjoyed controlling other people's lives," Kiser-Mostrom says now. "I think it gave her some kind of thrill...
Indeed, while this thieving city robs too-prepared travelers of their well-drawn maps, it has a canny habit of giving them a better sense of direction. For to be once lost in Delhi is to be taught the thrill of wandering back alleys and narrow side streets, of perusing untouristed markets and treading unworn paths, of dining off unfamiliar dishware and drinking from unpurified spouts, of being curious, taking risks, discovering what lies off life's major thoroughfares--of coming home at night wearing the city in which you live...
...Harry Potter" Sparks the Imagination: At a time when our biggest pleasure is watching "reality" television, it seems as if we've forgotten the thrill of going inside our heads. TV execs are no doubt patting themselves on the back as to how imaginative they are being with shows such as the just-debuted "Big Brother." But do we really want to be reminded of aspects of our humdrum lives? Do you really need to relive your freshman year of college ("The Real World"), or be confronted by "Cops" (we all know somebody), or be stranded with the cast...
Some deejays get a perverse thrill out of shifting styles suddenly, clearing the floor and sending startled dancers back to their seats. This expertly crafted new CD revels in that thrill. The song Little Black Spiders comes on hard, like the Prodigy in a back-room brawl with Metallica; another track, the smooth Full Moon, offers up a less confrontational sound, melding glitter-ball disco with old-school hip-hop. On Koochy, Van Helden samples Gary Numan's 1979 synthesized pop hit Cars, pumping it up with contemporary club-land rhythms. These songs startle, annoy, bewilder--and ultimately entrance...
...hard-loving vigilante avenger banging on Hollywood's door with the butt of a .45 and challenging its whitewashing of American reality. In his stead we have his focus-group tested nephew, designed to appeal to a much wider audience but stripped, in the process, of his ability to thrill...