An adult narrator recalls a long-ago visit to his grandfather's seaside arcade -- for him, not a Proustian amble down memory lane but a frantic dash through a no man's land where monsters lurk.
So begins a frantic dash to accumulate resources — weapons, ammunition, clothing, fuel, a vehicle.
This causes a frantic dash around the desks to buy new tickets.
The murk exploded into a frantic dash, with additional notes from the row sprinkled in gradually.
Short of a frantic dash back down the escalator, he hasn't got much of a say in the matter.
The boy and two officers made a frantic dash away from the house, racing across a neighbor's lawn and across the street.
Both men have been detained since Oct. 29 , 2002 when they fled their boat along with their compatriots in a frantic dash that was broadcast on national television.
For senators facing reelection in November, the August recess is typically a frantic dash to squeeze in last-minute campaigning back home.
In a late and frantic dash to the center, Mr. Romney argued for the first time in last week's debate that his plan to scale back income tax rates for the wealthy didn't really add up to a tax cut.
