Word: franticness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then there was number 10, Pele, leading the Cosmos onto the field to the adoring chants of his name and frantic flag waving by a vociferous bunch of Brazilians...
...whole book is a lively, sometimes frantic dance designed to ward off the devils of boredom and stodginess. The more serious Hills gets about his subjects, the more obsessively breezy his prose becomes, the sentences galloping blindly onward, the italics scattered like birdshot...
...rigors of working with Barbra Streisand. The film features Barbra in the part played by Janet Gaynor back in 1937 and Judy Garland 17 years later. Streisand is not just the leading lady, but the executive producer as well, and the shooting schedule has been dawn-to-dark frantic. Reports Kris: "I'm scared to death of her. The best one-word description of Barbra would be 'formidable...
...dancing at a wedding. The man smiles indulgently and it becomes obvious that it was his wife's idea to come here tonight. Occasionally his eyes turn smoky as a plunging neckline or tight pair of pants parade by. His wife is less happy--there is a quality both frantic and clinical to the way she examines the couples of men who walk by hand in hand. The woman frowns and squints, as though she were looking for something she had misplaced, like a handbag or a half-finished drink. Perhaps she is looking...
...doctored patches were detected by an alert technician and before lunchtime that day reported to Good. A frantic private investigation of the researcher and his work began. Rumors of the scandal soon reached reporters, and within days, both the scientific and lay press were filled with stories of Summerlin's downfall...