Word: franticness
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...Until a few years ago, I thought freedom was dead on the American campus; now I see that you young men will make us free." Said Indianapolis News Editor M. Stanton Evans, 27: "I say the twist was originated in Washington by the Kennedy Administration-a lot of frantic motion with no visible progress." South Carolina's Senator J. Strom Thurmond, 59. combined an attack on the Administration for invoking executive privilege during the continuing Senate investigation of military censorship ("This is nothing more than the executive Fifth Amendment") with a pessimistic appraisal of the cold war ("The evil...
...frantic determination of the piedsnoirs* not to give up a single privilege or accept a single political gain on the part of the Moslems frustrated every French government effort at amelioration. Perfectly reasonable laws for Moslem "partnership" that might have prevented the war went on the books in Paris, but were never applied in Algeria. A few tame Moslems, known as beni-oui-ouis (yes-men), were allowed to participate in the government, but elections were so frankly rigged that even in France itself, "les elections algeriennes" was a phrase to describe stuffing the ballot box. An old Berber once...
Mocking Scotland Yard's frantic efforts to capture him, Alfie sent memorandums protesting his innocence to English M.P.s, granted press interviews, even got a tape recording of his plea on TV. Since he was last restored to custody, in 1960, Alfie has fought for his liberty before the high est courts in the land. Last week, after dismissal of his 13th and probably final appeal, all England waited for his next escape. He had already notified Lord Justice Sellers: "I am not going to re main in prison. It would be very hard for me to leave again...
...chances of breaking even are slim. Among U.S. fairs in the past 30 years, only Chicago's Century of Progress in 1933 squeezed out a profit-a piddling $702,171 return on the original $47 million investment. New York's 1939-40 World of Tomorrow, a frantic eat-drink-and-be-merry extravaganza held in the shadow of World War II, cost $156,905,000, paid back only 33.2% of its investors' money...
Thus the stage was set for two days of frantic maneuvering last week. White House strategists hoped to bring the proposal to a vote in the Senate-where it seemed more likely to win approval than in the House. The Senate's Government Operations Committee had completed its hearings, but Chairman John McClellan (who opposed the measure) requested a brief delay before submitting the committee report. Since it then appeared that the House would withhold its vote until the Senate acted, Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield graciously agreed: "I believe it is only fair and proper that the Senate...