Word: frantically
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Little Chickadee." Closest to a really uproarious sequence is the capture of bank bandits Repulsive Grogan and Filthy McSnatch by the paunchy recluse of the Black Pussy Cafe. Thereby W.C. becomes local constable and straight Grade B Mack Sennett horseplay drags on and on. Saloon melees and a frantic automobile pursuit over mountain goat paths give the bulbous-nosed comedian a chance to display all his old along with a very few new tricks...
...sense of frantic frustration was in Washington: men wanted to send whole fleets of planes to aid the Greeks, to help knock Italy out of the war. China actually begged for old U. S. trainer planes-anything, almost, that would...
...last week prepared to give their ears a rest, prop up their feet, pay overdue attention to comic strips, football scores, fashion advertisements. But another campaign was on. A great shout was heard from leaders in both parties: "Unity!" Blared on the radio, blazoned in headlines were appeals, some frantic, some cool-praying that the U. S. should unite behind the President in order that the perils of the future be met in strength. "Good losers'' clubs were formed, meetings were held, petitions urging this-&-that were sent here-&-there...
...beginning it was in Ohio. Almost invariably behind schedule, it had pulled out of Jackson on time, leaving behind two court reporters and seven newsmen, who pursued it wildly by automobile. Wendell Willkie, nearsighted without his spectacles, had appeared once on the rear platform and to their frantic shouting and waving flung out his arms, thinking they were enthusiastic Republicans saying goodby...
...usual" spirit in London was shown last week by a crowd of several hundred women shoppers. They staged a hectic bargain rush in one of the big West End stores at the very moment when scores of firemen were digging through tons of debris in the same store in frantic efforts to release 200 clerks entombed in the basement night before by a bomb...