Word: hecticly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...safest Tory seats, Tory Prime Minister Lord Home-now plain Sir Alec Douglas-Home-won a seat in the House of Commons. His 9,328-vote margin exceeded his party's most buoyant expectations. What's more, in the course of 72 speeches and a hectic eleven-day campaign, the former peer proved that he is a vigorous, tough-minded politician who seems well-equipped to hold his own in parliamentary free...
Sherman never accepted a job, and he never intended to. But in a hectic two years, he collected some $15,000 from 40 companies, among them Brown Engineering of Huntsville, Ala., Laboratory for Electronics in Boston and Defense Electronics of Rockville, Md. Foresightedly he asked that the firms he talked with abide by "the code of the companies" and contact none of his "previous employers" until interviews were complete. Using alias after alias, he was not once asked for identification...
...annual rainfall has repeatedly washed away roads and railbeds. European and American managers quarreled under the strain of high-pressure work at high-level humidity. The Swedes unwisely promised to train Liberians for skilled-labor and executive jobs in advance, then found that during the hectic construction period they had no time to do any training. Though the company is belatedly catching up with its promise, it has ruffled feelings among the Liberians...
...peaked ceiling, black leather chairs, white marble coffee table, and a king-sized desk awash with reports, sketches and papers. He spends most of his time there in an interminable round of conferences and phone calls, always with a cup of steaming black coffee at his elbow. The hectic pace leaves him little time for riding or for sailing, which he used to love. These days his only exercise is at 7 a.m., when he staggers out of bed for half an hour of pushups and weight lifting. Breakfast is the only meal he regularly eats with the family...
...action is very fast, with Fadinard extricating himself from one hectic mess, only to find himself floundering in an even muckier one. As the stage is often filled with people, the play demands careful motion and precise timing, both essential for the humor to emerge...