The action is high adventure with a twist of humor and whimsy along the way.
Mr. Preston pieced together a blueprint for a high-concept adventure story with tiny robots, killer insects and an evil CEO of a nanotechnology firm.
All this high-flying adventure--plus some bad bets on Harvard's part in the interest-rate swap market that had apparently been the brainchild of former university president Lawrence Summers--created a perfect financial storm.
Their new 12-day trek is not a cushy luxury jaunt, but rather a high-altitude hiking adventure where guests spend their nights camping in tents or staying in the homes of local villagers.
Their new 12-day trek is not a cushy luxury trip, but rather a high-altitude hiking adventure and a cultural adventure, since guests spend their nights camping in tents or staying in the homes of local villagers, including the semi-nomadic Merak people, who hold deep animist beliefs and make their living herding sheep.
When you're ready to leave the landlubbers behind, climb aboard one of the resort's kayaks or Hobie Cat sailboats for an adventure on the high seas.
At a time of stuttering economies, high unemployment and widespread scepticism about the European adventure, it seems awesome.
Even farther afield is "The Abyss, " a sci-fi underwater adventure that takes place on a high-tech drilling rig that sits on the seafloor.
"Before Midnight" is perhaps the most highly anticipated movie sequel this summer that is neither a comedy nor an action-adventure movie, and its predecessors rank high on many lists of best romantic movies.
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For anyone with additional time and energy, the brooding peak of 2, 462m-high Mount Nkungwe is eminently climbable and makes a fine adventure.
With the two teams having 100 per cent records in pre-season matches confidence was high in both camps but the Blues who showed greater adventure in the opening stages.
With the approach of the New York Toy Fair (10th-13th Feb), the venue used previously by Activision to announce Skylanders: Spyros Adventure and Skylanders: Giants, anticipation is high for news of the third game in the series.
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Just getting to the lifts, by high-speed gondola that rises 1, 600 feet, is a scenic adventure.
This group of about 20 privileged young men thirsted for speed, adventure, beautiful girls, horse racing and all things decadent that came at a high price tag in 1920.
This time-hopping and time-wasting adventure stars Emilio Estevez as a race-car driver and Mick Jagger as the high-tech body snatcher who plunks Estevez out of a car wreck and sends him eighteen years into the future.
However, unless you are possessed of a decent puzzle-solving intellect (and like crossword puzzles adventure games get easier to work out the more one plays them) or have a very high tolerance for trial and error, you may find that occasionally consulting an online walkthrough will ease frustration.
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