Word: franticness
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...cent penalty duty placed on all German imports by the government," continued Galbraith, "shows disapproval of current policies of governing the country much more strongly than would a frantic exchange of 'empty' notes. It injures Germany economically, whereas notes would serve only to make the German Government laugh up its sleeve at the foolishness of the United States...
...July morning in 1885, feverish little Joseph Meister was dragged by his frantic mother through the streets of Paris in search of an unknown scientist who, according to rumors, could prevent rabies. For nine-year-old Joseph had been bitten in 14 places by a huge, mad dog and in a desperate attempt to cheat death, his mother had fled from their home town in Alsace to Paris. Early in the afternoon Mme Meister met a young physician in a hospital. "You mean Pasteur," he said. "I'll take you there...
Cardiac asthma, which has no relation to true or bronchial asthma, sometimes occurs with arteriosclerosis, is characterized by a sudden rise in blood pressure, frantic gasping for breath, and frequent attacks of coughing. He was afflicted with myocarditis (inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart), and by this time his entire circulatory system was breaking down...
Mamba's Daughters tells of big, awkward, blundering, childlike Hagar (Ethel Waters) and her passionate, inarticulate love for her daughter, Lissa. Her dream is to make a lady of Lissa. But a misstep on the girl's part threatens her reputation. To keep it intact the frantic mother commits both murder and suicide...
...McKesson should have been in receivership in 1930 and again in 1932 if its profits had not been bolstered in a frantic effort to save the company-and the alleged millions "lost" are simply "profits" to save the company from the hands of the bondholders...