Word: franticness
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...would' quit pushing for a new round of wage boosts while the economy is drooping, retail prices might well decline far enough to stir plenty of consumer interest. In Manhattan, where the end of "Fair Trade" pricing on appliances brought a hot price-cutting war, housewives showed a frantic, elbowing eagerness to spend money for toasters, irons, rotisseries, clock radios...
...ball under the Villanova hoop. Instantly, a pass flicked in to Star Center Lloyd Sharrar, who arched his 6 ft. 10 in. off the floor and took aim. Two seconds before the gun, his winning shot dropped in. The hustling Mountaineers had overtaken a 14-point lead in ten frantic minutes. Final score: West Virginia 76, Villanova...
Preliminary arrangements concluded, the owners opened last week, uncertain of their acceptance by the Harvard community. "Opening night was frantic. We had 200 people inside and turned away another 200 people...
...frantic final period, marked by wild, football-like scrambles for loose balls, the lead changed hands five times. Bill Rogers, high scorer for Holworthy with six points, led his team's rally...
...Only the puck went unscathed in Boston last week when every Boston Bruin and Montreal Canadien swarmed out on the ice for a spectacular 14-minute brawl. After them skidded skateless cops, pratfalling through a Mack Sennett routine, while frantic officials whistled out a string of 27 penalties. At game's end (Montreal 4, Boston 3) the skating wounded included Boston's Leo Labine (five stitches in the forehead) and Jack Bionda (mashed hand), and Montreal's Henri Richard (six stitches in the scalp...