Word: thrillingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...HADN'T ACHIEVED SUCH SUCCESS AS A SWIMMER, WOULD YOU BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE? I'd probably be an astronaut, just to have the thrill of seeing what it would be like to go around the earth like that. At one time I fantasized about being the first Olympic astronaut. But I think I would get an unparalleled amount of resistance on that from my family...
...speed, the thrill and the sense of danger rekindle a love life that often takes a backseat to kids and career. Research shows that "increased heart rate and an adrenaline surge are associated with feelings of love," notes Michael Cunningham, a psychologist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky...
...beyond sexy. "With no safety net of metal," she says, "you can only hang on to the person in front of you and put 110% of your trust in him for your life." For Cathy Long, 47, CFO of Spirit Finance Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., part of the thrill is "being the chick on the back of the bike." Moreover, she says, because the motorcycle is a "guy thing," she relinquishes her usual "control freak" style and lets her husband George, 51, who works in real estate leasing, do all the prep work for road trips...
...grand passions, the answer is not far enough before she is forced onto her treadmill of self-destruction. This claustrophobic production can knock the air out of you. But when Hedda declares, "I can do what I want, and that is never going to change," there is a thrill in seeing an individual pitted so powerfully against the limitations of her age - and the feline grace of an actress at full stretch. That's worth standing...
...movies need to stop for breath occasionally - so we can catch ours and, if we?re lucky, make some sort of emotional connection with their characters. That doesn?t have to be anything fancy. It just has to be something a little more profound than one jolting, quickly forgotten thrill after another - you know, something you can?t just phone...