Word: frantic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...army of his own, Manstein broke through the French line on the Somme. When Hitler launched his attack on Russia, it was Manstein who commanded the southern German army group, won a string of victories in the Ukraine and the Crimea. Hamstrung during the long retreat after Stalingrad by frantic orders from the Führer, he broke with Hitler, lived in retirement while the Allies smashed their way into Germany...
...formally dedicated a new monument to the Voortrekkers, a massive, brooding granite tabernacle on the boulder-strewn veld near Pretoria. South Africa's 8,000,000 black people were excluded from all celebrations. For days before the actual dedication ceremonies, while bonfires blazed in the hilltops around Pretoria, frantic rumors had swept the wretched native settlements that the white men were bent on a bloody sequel to the battle of Blood River, that they would go forth on Dingaan's day to slay black men, women & children. The government broadcast special messages to allay their fears...
Within the hour, NBC switchboards throughout the country were jammed with frantic phone calls from children wanting verification of the news. Next day, the Chicago Sun-Times, which had had its share of calls, headlined: "Children: Santa Has NOT Been Shot." Penitent NBC prefaced its next day's News of the World with an interview, over a "special super-radio circuit," between Commentator Morgan Beatty in Houston and Santa Claus at the North Pole. Said Santa, reassuringly: "John L. Lewis just missed...
...more minutes of frantic hockey passed before BU coach Harry Cleverly decided to pull a fast one. He put on his first line against Harvard's third. For 30 seconds they put a sustained rush on the Crimson goal, and then wing Carl Timpson grabbed the puck at his own blue line and took a shot from 20 feet out at the BU cage. DiBlasio was in perfect position for the rebound and scored the final goal...
...desperate minutes, Fordham's wrought-up athletes used everything but brass knuckles to hold Army scoreless. The Army gave back as good as it got, with elbows and clenched fists. In a frantic effort to keep the game under control, officials expelled two players from the game (one from each team). Army was penalized 147 yards, including seven 15-yard penalties for major fouls; Fordham was set back 131 yards, 120 yards of it for similar fouls. Even the 278-yard penalty total didn't tell the whole story: over 100 yards of penalties were declined...