From our very first show until the end in around 1975, we never did a show that wasn't frantic, standing ovations, and drove the audience nuts.

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Although it doesn't seem all that less frantic.

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Trading in Bear shares was so frantic that many didn't settle properly, and so Bear Stearns starting showing up on the New York Stock Exchange's daily list of stocks with high incidences of persistent trade settlement failures.

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When the desired early goal didn't materialise, Chelsea's play became a bit more frantic, but once Branislav Ivanovic had broken the deadlock in the second half, they began to show glimpses of the verve which won them the League and FA Cup double last season and helped them make such an electric start to this campaign.

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After a while it doesn't matter, since the action is as repetitive as it is relentless, a succession of fights and frantic chases accompanied by those drums that have come to define the genre pacemakers for heartless thrillers.

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