Word: thrilling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...young Albert, music was sometimes a shattering experience. He once heard a group of older schoolboys practicing their singing lesson; the unexpected thrill of hearing two-part harmony, he wrote later, forced him to steady himself against the wall to keep from falling. When he first heard brass instruments played together, he says, "I almost fainted from excess of pleasure...
...soft-spoken mixture of Irish brogue and Scottish burr heard in the outports where the toast is likely to be "I bows taward ye." In its quiet, trim little seaside hamlets, with their gaudy-hued houses and limed picket fences, the sightseeing visitor can get a thrill of discovery to match the sportsman's strike in the Humber's pools...
...interest of soccer fans in the 50-odd nations in which it is a national game. In Buenos Aires, referees are sometimes hustled out under police escort lest they be torn limb from limb by the spectators. From Moscow to Melbourne, the action and drama of the game thrill crowds who consider American football slightly less exciting than watching grass grow...
...fresh and beguiling today as they were ten years ago when the picture was first released. Oldsters over ten who have seen it once will want to see it again.Youngsters old enough not to be frightened out of their wits by the Wicked Witch (Margaret Hamilton) will have the thrill of some first-rate make-believe ("We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard...
...quarter of a century after he started serving 99 years for the 1924 thrill-murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, Nathan Leopold wanted out of Joliet prison (his partner in crime, Richard Loeb, was killed by a fellow inmate 13 years ago). "When I came here I was 19 . . . a wild, irresponsible kid," he told the Illinois State Parole Board. "I feel that in 25 years I have matured considerably . . . I am not a kid any more." The board reserved decision...