Word: frantic
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...Huizenga says, he is content to watch. But even those on the sidelines could not help drawing comparisons with the decade of frantic buy-' em-and-bust-'em-up struggles (like the $25 billion 1988 fight for RJR Nabisco) that burdened corporations with excessive debt, ignited newspaper headlines and enriched everyone from corporate raiders to takeover lawyers. "The only criteria were who won or lost and how the companies were split up," says Felix Rohatyn, a senior partner at investment banker Lazard Freres, Paramount's adviser. In that rapacious era, "we wouldn't look at a deal under $1 billion...
...disease, or at least Part-timer's ("Did I sing the ballad yet? Was it wonderful?"). She also purports to worry about sullying her "newfound stature." When her backup trio, "the politically correct Harlettes," starts a striptease in the home of the world-famed Christmas show, Bette goes frantic: "Girls, this is Radio City! They have a manger backstage...
...Connecticut scored two goals in a frantic opening four minutes and survived the Crimson's pressure over the remaining...
Unfortunately, Joel could not continue this level of performance indefinitely. After a frantic version of "Pressure," which left the crowd frenetic, Joel seemed to run out of steam temporarily. He wandered into another song from the new album, "Shades of Grey." Joel seemed to realize that the slower song did not quite fit into the act, and even apologized at length for playing the unfamiliar song so early in the tour...
When Roiphe alleges that date-rape awareness and campus safety lights create a climate of anxiety where none existed, she implies that fear of rape is irrational hysteria, churned up by frantic activists. But women do get raped, and being aware of one's vulnerability is prudent, not alarmist...