Word: franticized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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John's unpleasant precosciousness comes across as creepy rather than charming and funny. Far better and more genuine are the scenes featuring the older John and Lisa (played by Liz Amberg), though the latter's character is never developed enough to justify John's frantic state of mind...
...federal government is bracing for tomorrow's opening of fierce bidding in the second stage of the largest federal auction of the airwaves ever, one featuring bidding by alliances of some of the world's largest telecommunications companies. Last July, the FCC netted more than $600 million from frantic betting for new pager and cellular phone "bandwidths" and this week's bidding should push the total value of the auction at over $1 billion. More than two dozen companies are expected to compete for 30 regional licenses to offer a web of more powerful wireless services, such...
...fashioned romantic comedy in which a couple -- nicely played by Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben -- are bickering their way toward divorce even though they're still in love; a satire of all the conventions of big-time radio, circa 1939; a group caricature of all the types -- frantic sound-effects man, silky-voiced announcer -- the medium once nurtured...
Especially notable was her rendition of madness; with her hair loose and a frantic, self-absorbed demeanor, Ponomarenko absorbed the audience in her pain as she pantomimed the scenes Giselle had shared with Count Albrecht...
...USAir Boeing 737, en route from Chicago to Palm Beach, Florida, via Pittsburgh, went into a fatal nose dive just a few minutes before landing at the Pittsburgh airport. All 132 people aboard perished in the crash, the reasons for which were not clear. The crew's frantic last words -- "Oh God Traffic emergency!" -- indicated trouble but were not specific. Investigators are hoping that flight data from the plane's black box will provide further clues...