Word: fidget
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...friendly and talkative while they studied. But the moment they shut their books, he would fidget and stare first at the ceiling, then at his shoes. Beth waited, Beth smiled and one night she finally pounced. It worked...
...acted out on stage giving the audience insight into the way Thoreau's mind works and the moral dilemmas he faces. Dilemmas which have remarkable bearing on society today, or more accurately, society in the United States in the days of Vietnam. Even the most hard-boiled viewer will fidget when Thoreau looks through his imaginary bars and says, "How do you know I'm not the free one? The freest man in the world! And you, out there, are chained to what you have to do tomorrow morning...
...when they point out that even a large audience can participate at a lecture. They advise that what may be impolite on a small scale may be considered bold and even revolutionary when done with grandeur by a group en masse. Thus while it is frowned on to yawn, fidget and mutter when listening to a lecturer who you find less than stimulating, if you can get enough people to join, you have a demonstration. Demonstrations are not appropriate with all speakers, but Robert S. McNamara, president of the World Bank, and Secretary of Defense under Johnson, will speak...
...hardly resembles a detective lieutenant of police, much less the hero of a successful television series. But he is both. He is Peter Falk as Columbo, on the NBC series of the same name. Every fourth week, some 37 million viewers tune in avidly to watch him shamble, sniffle, fidget, mutter and gesticulate his way through a case. The fans may be slower to pounce on a clue than he is. But usually they anticipate their favorite Columbo routines-deceptively plodding, cunningly naive-and see them coming a mile off, which is half...
...getting my money's worth from Harvard Summer School, I'm not. All I know about the mind of Descartes is that it did some thinking before it decided to advertise its existence. Unlike these movies that advertise and advertise and do a little last minute mental fidget to tintillate the stupid critic...