Word: franticness
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...ambassadors in terms of warm and fuzzy public relations. It’s sometimes unclear how much Harvard gives back to students volunteering their time. What is clear to volunteers is what they get back themselves. Public service affects course choices and vocational choices after graduation. It can mean frantic late night phone calls from teenage mentees and finding beds for people who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets. The diversity of programming is overwhelming and sometimes confusing. For some volunteers, it is just one afternoon a week spent with grade schoolers. But for others, public service in college...
Despite a frantic Crimson rally in the fourth game, the Eagles emerged victorious three games...
Dangling from cliffs in casts, the live-fast, die-old set defies stereotypes about staid seniors. Though climbers must be extraordinarily cautious, the payoff is hard bodies and quick minds. That's why Wignall is frantic to escape his bedroom and climb; why Bass will give Everest another go; why he'll face competition from Miura, who will also return. "I wanted to encourage the elders in the world that if man keeps hopes and a dream, believes in the dream and works toward the dream, the heart and soul of man will remain young," Miura says...
According to Byrne, he had reacted in a frantic split-second when Trombly—in the process of being unhandcuffed—used a free hand to grab for something in his deep pocket. Byrne said that at the time, he thought the student could have been pulling a knife...
...week or two in the recording studio ("Anybody who spends more than a few days laying down drums is an idiot," he says) and takes his cues from his collaborators' melodies. On Queens of the Stone Age's throbbing, bass-driven Songs for the Deaf, Grohl set the frantic pace and then stayed out of the way, while on Cat Power's You Are Free his style is more impressionistic, adding a layer of sadness to the songs. For Killing Joke's reunion album, Grohl went back to his punk roots and banged away...