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There's also a kind of vicious innocence at work. The evildoers in the video seem to ask themselves, Who would have thunk??!! They are like nasty children who set a fire in the basement of the school...and cannot believe their luck when they succeed in burning the entire building down. Allahu akbar! The jihadniks burble about it in a wide-eyed way. To the evil imagination, this great, unlooked-for destruction is a miracle--all the more astonishing because it seems to accomplish, in this violent and profane world, a transformation of the same amazing order as that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Awfully Ordinary | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...Explorer browsers. Because it takes longer to install and involves some tinkering to get it to work just right, it's best for more experienced users. But, oh, what joy! Not only does Killer keep a detailed log of every ad it annihilates, it makes a satisfying thunk! when it nabs one. Such a lovely way to take revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stopping Those Pop-Up Ads | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...sections of Yosemite's notorious El Capitan. On ice, where one wrong strike with an ice ax can bring down an avalanche, Erik has learned to listen to the ice as he pings it gently with his ax. If it clinks, he avoids it. If it makes a thunk like a spoon hitting butter, he knows it's solid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: Blind To Failure | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...sections of Yosemite's notorious El Capitan. On ice, where one wrong strike with an ice ax can bring down an avalanche, Erik has learned to listen to the ice as he pings it gently with his ax. If it clinks, he avoids it. If it makes a thunk like a spoon hitting butter, he knows it's solid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blind To Failure | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...thunk...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

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