Word: whirlwinding
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...told them, because you are a friend, and I cannot ask anything more from you. But you are obliged to tell me as a friend that your limit is at this point. The Soviet Union just said, "yes, yes, yes," and we found ourselves in a sort of whirlwind...
...resultant occupation of Bok's offices in Mass Hall left him isolated with his advisors in Holyoke Center, unable to act decisively because of the likelihood of a confrontation with police. It was then that Bok, in an attempt to communicate his views on the Gulf issue, began a whirlwind of discussion sessions and written statements "to the University community...
...written a whole show with Richard Rodgers and never see it take the stage." Still the abortive attempt gained him enough notoriety to inspire the plea from Big Al to save the film Yellow Submarine proved to be more than mere consolation. Though written in a round-the-clock whirlwind, it was a critical success...
...fanatical past that included bitter-end service in Mussolini's last government and membership in the hated "Black Brigades" that hunted down Italian partisans. Now he is a well-tailored, low-keyed political leader. A spellbinding if somewhat long-winded orator, Almirante is in the midst of a whirlwind campaign in which he will make 230 speeches in 70 days, preaching the new neofascist message of propriety...
...heighten the contrast between himself and his sluggish, dissolute predecessor, Bhutto kept to an exhausting 18-hour-a-day schedule. The whirlwind of activity was designed not only to solidify his one-man rule over Pakistan, but also to restore the shattered confidence of his countrymen. He has purged the bureaucracy as well as the armed forces, firing, among others, the attorney general, the chief of intelligence and the governor of the state bank. He has outlined plans for land reform, free primary education and an improved public health program...