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...happiest and most energized during a campaign, when he was asking for love and approval, and never more so than when he was asking for it against the odds. After his re-election in 1996, his friends wondered how he would face the prospect of never again knowing that thrill. They needn't have worried. Bill Clinton has found a way to get back into campaign mode after...
North Korea's leaders probably calculated the launch would also thrill audiences at home, to set the stage for this week's celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of North Korea by Kim's father, Kim Il Sung. Last week the North Korean parliament, meeting for the first time since Kim Il Sung died in 1994, honored him with the title of permanent President (enhancing the truth of the slogan THE GREAT LEADER IS ALWAYS WITH US). Kim Jong Il doesn't need the title of President. He has used his authority as commander in chief and head...
...colors." That would account for the glorious pools, and the pathways that slide together at the end to bring the lovers together. As Hytner says, "We are also both totally shameless about feeling that now and then you have to give the audience a visual lift, a visual thrill...
...family, like everyone's, is unique. But just as all families are different, they are alike in that the path to the past more often than not leads far from home and makes many unexpected turns. Whatever directions it takes, the rewards are great. There's the thrill of the chase, the delight of discovery and always that one mysterious, elusive ancestor somewhere back there just waiting to be found...
...nature of investing in sports teams is that most folks don't really care if they make money at it. They're in it for the thrill. But the Indians illustrate a problem with all IPOs: they are timed for sale, not purchase. They come to market when everything is clicking, when the main risks are that the good times, which you are paying for, won't last. Companies, after all, can peak just like sports teams...