Word: franticness
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...Daniloff incident suggests, these two sets of mind have a way of coming together in the strangest places, which would indicate that poetry and politics have basic things in common. One is the need to create a sense of urgency. Poets and politicians are alike in the frantic force of their opinions. When either speaks his mind, he is like the Ancient Mariner; he seizes the public by the collar as if to say: Accept my perspective and be converted...
...first problem is where to put it. All across "corndom," as Author E.J. Kahn Jr. likes to call it, there is a frantic search for storage space. In Dubuque they will use caves. On the Missouri River, they will tie up barges and stuff them. The Behlen Mfg. Co., in Columbus, Neb., which makes metal bins, has increased its work force from 350 to 750. Marion Havens, of Greenfield, Iowa, who assembles bins, is working triple his usual pace, rooting a new one every fourth day in some field. They point toward the blue sky like truncated missiles. If only...
Guitar Town has some of the frantic strength of a last good shot, which it was. Earle is 31,"the tour bus is home," and making it in country music needs a young man's grit after all. But MCA has given him a seven-album contract, and some material for the new record is getting an airing in concert. Those new songs nail a listener right to the spot. Steve Earle is already fulfilling his promise even before he has stopped being promising. No time to waste...
...their adventure games to corporate managers whose accounting operations have been brought to a temporary halt, computer users have traditionally turned to the publishers of their software for free advice. Now, as computers proliferate and programs grow more complex, more and more people are jamming manufacturers' phone lines with frantic cries for help...
There is no gloom at Kleinfeld's, however, or anywhere else in the wedding industry. Everyone, in fact, seems downright delirious--from the usual near- frantic nuptial logistics and from unconcealed fiscal rapture. In 1985, according to Bride's magazine, which takes proprietary pride in such things, the industry raked in $10.9 billion (including money spent on gifts and other wedding bounty), up 43% in the past decade. Manhattan's swank Pierre Hotel has seen a 20% increase in its wedding business over the past five years. Many couples are opting for "weekend weddings": multi-event affairs that stretch...