Word: hectically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...built under the reign of Francis I?" I have lived in just such a house . . . The plumbing was perfect. Who invented the saga of the French plumbing? I have a hunch it was a nation frustrated for having nothing but gadgets to hold onto in the emptiness of a hectic life devoted to dollar making...
With a private car families and groups of students find Europe and travel more convenient and less hectic, provided they can ask for petrol in the native tongue and are adept at changing tires on mountain passes...
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht, whose Front Page is still circulating, also engineered this movie, and its hectic, rarely subtle humor is their trademark. Except for the absence of a heroine, the nicest thing about Gunga Din is the movie's willingness to take itself with a block of salt. Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Victor McLaglen form a sort of Her Majesty's Three Musketeers in India. After a certain amount of intrigue and a little less suspense Din helps them to conquer a mysterious native tribe. The plot is exactly the same as it was 15 years...
Today's game, climaxed by a hectic final three minutes which had fans from both sides lining the field ten deep, at times produced more excitement than skill. Harvard scored in the first quarter, and led 7 to 0. But Cornell scored twice with discouraging swiftness in the third quarter, which made the Crimson's late drive even more surprising...
Such a renewal of serene calm to hectic crammers should be instituted by next exam period. Finances should not impose a handicap. In 1949, when the building was dedicated, Lamont librarian Phillip J. McNiff said, "Our aim was a reading library, rather than a research library." After spending an initial $2,500,000 to achieve this objective, it certainly seems worth $5,000 a year to preserve...