Word: franticness
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After the most frantic sleuthing on the part of the victim whose mail was so grossly polluted, the identity of the crude practical joker was brought to light. There will be some sort of retaliation; of that there is no doubt, but the inmates of the entry shudder to think in what form it will appear...
Stella Parrish is the story of a great actress forced to flee into seclusion by the threat of blackmail. Her past is discovered and spread before the world by an inquisitive but charming news-bound. After enduring untold suffering, and sinking so low as burlesque in her frantic attempt to make money, she is finally called back to her rightful place on the stage, and all is bright in the warm rays of the adulation of her adoring public...
...dozen bullet holes in the windows of Stoughton, with the accompanying shower of finely shattered glass, has given the inmates of this building cause for considerable concern. No clew to the identity of the sniper has as yet been discovered, despite the most frantic sleuthing on the part of the members of Stoughton...
According to his nurse, while he was delirious he often became obsessed with the idea that his room was full of chickens and rabbits, and he made frantic attempts to drive them out. The concussion also affected his eyes, she said, and he will not be able to read until the lenses in his glasses have been readjusted...
...China. Known far and wide throughout the Orient for his ability as a seer, and as a natural wit, as well as being titular head of the Hu dynasty, he was brought to Harvard by error during the administration of President Lowell. In 1925 Mr. Lowell was frantic for a good halfback, and as all domestic material had been bought up by Yale, Princeton and Notre Dame, he extended his search to the Orient. His demands for a good punter were misinterpreted to mean pannier, and the renowned Sage was selected to bring the lore of the East to Harvard...