Word: franticness
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Though knighted and lionized at 35 for his 1909 journey to Antarctica, Shackleton in 1914 was frantic because the great goals were disappearing. The North Pole had fallen to U.S. Explorer Robert E. Peary in 1909, the South Pole to Norway's Roald Amundsen in 1911. Shackleton conceived a scheme of sailing to the Atlantic coast of Antarctica and sledging across the continent via the Pole to the Pacific. He called it "the largest and most striking of all journeys." The Royal Geographical Society was cool to the idea-as well it might be. The feat was not achieved...
...principles by the present administration. Unfortunately, the case for SEATO or the United States supported Baghdad Pact was not so clear cut at NATO; in forming a similar type of alliance which formally committed us to Chiang and Syngman Rhee, Dulles diplomacy may have been conducted with more frantic zeal than wisdom...
What magnified the evening's success was the limitations on staging imposed by Sanders Theatre. The absence of a curtain, and the necessary inflexibility of drops and settings, made for a somewhat primitive production. This was especially unfortunate when it resulted in frantic and sometimes unnecessary scurrying to adjust the properties...
...Fort Myer, Va., where he is singing in the U.S. Army Chorus. Walker had never sung the Rake role before but had learned it as understudy, hopes to become a professional singer after he gets out of the Army. Finally, Tenor Hugues Cuenod lost his voice, responded enough to frantic, last-minute medication to carry off his role...
...only second-list bids. These sophomores might be able to get into a club if their friends with first-list bids can exert enough pressure on the club Bicker committees. For these men, and for those who are helping them, the last two days have constituted a period of frantic negotiations...