"I appreciate more than you will ever know that you are honoring me, but the thing that thrills me the most is that you are honoring classical music, " Cliburn said.

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If you like your thrills without spills, you may prefer cheering on the speed demons in the third annual Rainforest Cup, a mountain biking race Oct. 17-18 in the Malaysian town of Kuching on Borneo.

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There are few greater thrills, especially in your dotage, than spotting a bird you've never seen before, the effort you put into remembering its plumage and behavior, and then consulting your birding guide and being able positively to identify it.

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