Word: franticness
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...kinetic performance in Easy Rider, the shrewd observation of the frantic womanizer in Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge and the unflappable incarnation of J.J. Gittes, the private eye on the make in Chinatown, Nicholson has built up one of the most impressive actor's portfolios in Hollywood. His are the kind of credentials the town likes best. The recent movies Nicholson stars in are generally well received, and he himself invariably is. His presence in a starring role seems to guarantee both prestige and a profit. That makes Nicholson the man most in demand, the dearest form of collateral...
...Judiciary Committee's evidence details for the first time the frantic efforts by the White House to keep the wiretap data secret. On July 12, 1971, the President ordered Robert Mardian, then Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Internal Security Division, to get the data from William Sullivan at the FBI. According to FBI interviews of Mardian, he showed the materials to Kissinger, Haldeman and Alexander Haig, Kissinger's assistant. Then, he says, he delivered the files to the Oval Office. Mardian was asked: "Did you give the bag [containing the wiretap files] to Mr. Nixon, the President...
...Grivas Boulevard, a main road of the capital, there was a tremendous movement of vehicles. People were running about in great confusion, probably in a frantic search for food, but the shops had not opened. Hundreds of reservists and mobilized civilians streamed down the streets to a mobilization center at the Kiko Gymnasium. There, in the midst of chaos, attempts were made to organize the men and distribute an assortment of old weapons (mainly World War II-vintage M-l rifles) and combat boots, many without laces. Almost everyone, strangely, seemed in a holiday mood. "We will eat the Turks...
...chief contributor to these conclusions was Thomas Matthews, an 18-year-old high school student. He was kidnaped by Patty and her S.L.A. companions, Emily and William Harris, during their frantic escape after shooting up a Los Angeles sporting-goods store the day before the fiery siege in which six of the S.L.A. gang members died. For twelve hours, the trio held Matthews captive while driving aimlessly around the Los Angeles area in his van. They even stopped for a while in a drive-in movie. Immediately after his release, Matthews, fearing reprisal by the S.L.A., did not tell...
...Jerusalem, Israel's Parliament suspended debates as Knesset members hunched over transistor radios to pick up news reports. The funeral of the dead students next day was an occasion for national mourning ? and national anger. In Safad, where 10,000 people gathered as the children were buried, frantic mourners disrupted...