Word: frantically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...engagements with two horrid girls who hold no appeal for him. Prissy Barbara, a vacuous townie whose jaw drops when he puts his hand on her knee, and Rita, a shrew with large breasts and a gelding tongue, are constantly on the point of finding Billy out. Hopping in frantic secrecy between these charmers keeps his nights occupied--but offers no more satisfaction than his job, or bumbling duplicities...
...know? Simple. Bruno has a sidekick during two frantic days, a callow, sallow law student named Roberto, so shy he won't call for help when accidentally locked in a public bathroom. The Playboy asks the Law student, "Why not throw yourself into life," and the Law Student cleverly counters, "I worry where I'm going to fall." The Playboy mutters to us all, "You're right, I'm the fool." Clunk...
...Only frantic, eleventh-hour activity by the President-and the cooperation of Chairman Byrd-prevented the bill from emerging in a form that would have endangered its prospects of quick Senate approval. Committee Republicans were angered when Louisiana Democrat Russell Long rammed through an amendment that cut some $30 million off a proposed $80 million increase in taxes on oil companies. They retaliated by passing amendments to repeal some $445 million in excise taxes on luggage, jewelry, cosmetics and furs...
Undoubtedly, that is a difficult code to live by, and lew try to. But living by a lesser code can be difficult too, as is shown by tne almost frantic attempt of sociologists and psychologists to give people something to hold on to without falling back on traditional rules. Typical of many is the effort of Lester A. Kirkendall of Oregon State University, in his recent book, Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships: "The moral decision will be the one which works toward the creation of trust, confidence and integrity in relationships." What such well-intentioned but tautologous and empty advice...
...foreign aid and cheers from Panamanians for his own efforts on their behalf. Washington had not yet bothered to replace him. Now, at the White House, President Johnson called an emergency early morning conference of top State Department, defense and intelligence advisers. While it was going on, a frantic telephone call from the U.S. charge in Panama informed him that the embassy might be overrun; Johnson personally ordered all secret papers burned. He then sent a seven-man mission, headed by Thomas C. Mann, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, and Cyrus Vance, the new Deputy Secretary...