One of the more curious spectacles this autumn was the sight of out-of-towners frantically checking their watches.

McLanahan frantically checked to be sure that Denton hadn't locked up one of the Navy frigates-he hadn't.

Daniel Shub disappeared in a flare of light that left everyone blinking, and Nina frantically checking the light levels on her cameras to make sure they'd got it all.

Scott and Sulu had been frantically checking circuits.

His crew members turned to look at their commander in surprise, then snapped their necks around, frantically checking their indicators and screens for any sign of an intruder, something they missed.

Corsi frantically checked the identification marker on the vessel to figure out who was piloting it.

"That's too heavy for her to carry around," I said, as I frantically checked Bizrate.com's prices for more ammunition.

So this freighter went into an orbit around the planet while its engineer officers frantically checked the overdrive circuit.

Just after the blast, schoolteachers frantically checked attendance lists as Jewish and Arab Israelis called loved ones on their cellphones, to see if they were safe.

Aside from the generators, the only noise came from behind him as Collingswood and Calhoun frantically checked in with every duty section on the ship.