Word: franticness
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...came of it. He has been embarrassingly direct with potential backers, too. At money-raising auditions for The Consul last winter, Menotti, who believes "opera should be an art, not an investment," almost queered the deal by declaring in solemn, admonitory speeches that "My opera is vaaary glooomy." His frantic producers later sent him a hand-painted tie with his warning...
...sickest limbs of a sick industry, but its territory was dotted with cities, from New York to Miami, and it was almost devoid of competition. When G.M. decided to sell it, three years later, he rounded up $3.5 million in 30 frantic days, and bought it with the triumphant air of a boy getting his first bicycle...
...clock, when the bank closed, the concert ended. At 4 o'clock, when the bank reopened, the music roared up again. Frantic Jose Santamaria went upstairs in person. "My dear friend," said Don Francisco grandly, "do come in and enjoy my little concert. These are the finest musicians in town. I discovered them. Won't you stay a while and have a drink with me?" Don Jose sputtered: "Stop this infernal racket or I shall call the police." "An excellent idea!" crowed the landlord. "Those poor chaps must get very bored in that dreary town hall...
Caught between red tape and secret police, the frantic Magda eventually turns on the gas in frustration and despair...
Three points in the last minute by the Bulldog's high-scoring Ted Anderson, followed by Harvard's failure to sink any of its four frantic shots in the last seven seconds, left the visiting Cantabs on the short end of a 56 to 55 score...