Word: frantic
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...preschool, I logged onto several popular mental-health sites and, using various checklists, tried to determine what, if anything, was wrong with me. I started by screening myself for bipolar disorder, the subject of a TV commercial that had alarmed me with its suggestion that frantic housepainting might indicate an illness. "Some individuals notice that their mood and/or energy levels shift drastically from time to time," read the first line of one Web questionnaire. Did the statement apply to me? It did. I checked it. (I might safely have checked it for my wife as well...
...Male or female, man or child, he sounds great on the early RCA sides. The record company brass was frantic that Elvis' first session produced only "Heartbreak Hotel," a slow 12-bar blues. But he knew that - with a verse requiring some robust tenor work, a chorus in the "lonely" baritone register and a cool segue allowing for sexy filigree work - the song would be a swell showcase. He also knew its melodrama and eroticism in the song, because he'd been there when he performed...
Harvard’s attempts to increase defensive intensity have inadvertently translated into frantic play on offense, resulting in high turnover numbers, such as the 20 dropped to Dartmouth...
...rooms. Subtle as a spray of seltzer, Berle dominated the young medium's ratings for years, at his peak winning 80% of the viewing audience. Eventually, TV grew up--anyway, it grew older --and by the mid-'50s Berle's innocent vulgarity had given way to more domestic, less frantic fare. But his ghost still haunts the tube. The Fear Factor daredevils, the Jackass prankster-masochists, the talk-show mutants who will do anything for a laugh or a shock--all are the nieces and nephews of Uncle Miltie. --By Richard Corliss...
...addition to attention to defense and poise, Harvard will look to create a balanced attack to counter its previous habit of turning to low-percentage shots when feeling frantic...