Word: franticness
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...chaotic and unpredictable.Legendary images from their films include rockers utterly incapable of finding their way to a stage in “This is Spinal Tap,” the slapdash creation of a disastrous community play in “Waiting for Guffman,” and a frantic quest for a Weirmaraner’s chew toy in “Best in Show.” Adding to the anarchy is the fact that all those scenes were improvised.But at a recent roundtable interview held in anticipation of their latest creation, “For Your Consideration...
...Congress wasn't the only place the Bush Administration suffered electoral embarrassment this week. In Nicaragua, cold-war bogeyman Daniel Ortega - whose Marxist Sandinista government had been an obsession of the Reagan Administration - was elected president again on Sunday despite frantic U.S. lobbying for his defeat. By most accounts, the yanqui politicking - which included a threat to cut off U.S. aid to impoverished Nicaragua if Ortega won - backfired miserably, actually helping boost the Sandinista leader to his first-round victory. That such U.S. pressure tends to work in favor of its opponents is a lesson Washington seems woefully unable...
...markets it for him. But this year, for the first time, the merchant is refusing to take any of it. The stainless-steel vats in Charles' shed are filled with tens of thousands of liters of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from last year's harvest that he's now frantic to sell at any price to make room for this year's crop. Charles, 58, stands in his courtyard, surrounded by clucking hens, and struggles for words to describe his predicament. "It's never happened before," he says, gripping a wrench. "This year's a complete catastrophe." The contrasting fortunes...
...entire output to a local merchant, who bottles and markets it for him. But this year, for the first time, the merchant won't touch the stuff. Stainless-steel vats are filled with thousands of gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from last year's harvest that Charles is frantic to sell at any price to make room for this year's crop. Charles, 58, stands in his courtyard, surrounded by clucking hens, and struggles for words to describe his predicament. "It's never happened before," he says, gripping a wrench. "This year's a complete catastrophe...
...building in Manhattan. “I rushed to look, and right there on the homepage of CNN was my apartment building,” Shemtov said. “I’ve never been in this sort of panic mode.” He began making frantic calls to locate his father and notified a fellow section member that he would not be able to make it to class. Shemtov later learned that his grandmother had been on her way to drop something off at the apartment when she found out about the incident. “Usually...