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...Bored by the prospect of another tame holiday spent sipping espresso on a piazza or sunning yourself on a crowded beach? Audacious travelers can now explore rougher, wilder destinations as tour operators cater to an increasingly adventurous clientele. Here are three trips guaranteed to satisfy even the most jaded thrill-seeker. If you don't mind slogging through thick mud and dense forest, a gorilla-spotting holiday in Rwanda might appeal. Now that relative political stability has returned to the country, it's once again possible to observe mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. Following in researcher Dian Fossey...
...thrill of victory each sought in the absence of a playoff matchup was not to be found on the Cambridge side of the Charles River. Maki and Reese, both competing for reigning champion Dunster House, were bounced by Elm Yard in the quarterfinals, while Bernakevitch met an equally inglorious end—knocked out with the rest of Leverett House after just one game...
...addition to the obvious thrill that accompanied breaking the record came an unnoticeable, but equally emotional, collective sigh of relief. Few knew just what it really took out of Corriero and her team to get there...
...music on film, a genre that had grown tired by the late ’90s when the tacky label of “music inspired by the film” came about as another way for greedy artists to cross-merchandise. I love “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” by U2, but couldn’t recall where it played in Batman Forever, the movie on whose soundtrack it appeared. It was during the credits, and the bulk of the film’s score was instrumental...
...video games can't--or can't yet--convey the human cost of combat. They pass along the adrenaline rush, the thrill of the fight, and leave out the rest. Games are supposed to be fun, but war isn't. "The violence, the combat--we recognize that's the part of the game people want to play," says Major Chris Chambers, deputy director of the America's Army development team. "We treat it openly and honestly. We have a death animation. We don't sugarcoat it. It's real--" He stops and corrects himself. "It's not real...