Hyperkinetic

THERE is one kind of energy discharger that we may call the hyperkinetic, controlled practical type. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Our own extensive investigations, as well as those of several other researchers, have failed to uncover clear evidence of brain damage in many of our "hyperkinetic" children. ❋ Douglas, Virginia I. (1970)

My colleagues and I have studied over 200 "hyperkinetic" children during the past seven years and I believe that we and other investigators have at least partial answers to some of the questions Mr. Holt raises. ❋ Douglas, Virginia I. (1970)

He suggests, for example, that the prevalence of the "hyperkinetic" disorder in boys may be due to the fact that female teachers do not cope wisely with "appropriately boyish" behavior. ❋ Douglas, Virginia I. (1970)

Until solid evidence is available on all of these questions we can only trust that physicians and educators will approach the problems of "hyperkinetic" children with patience and caution. ❋ Douglas, Virginia I. (1970)

He is quite correct in suspecting that the term "hyperkinetic" is a somewhat loose one. ❋ Douglas, Virginia I. (1970)

Maybe I should say Oompa-Loompa-like, because the Show Room is definitely more "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" than "The Wizard of Oz," a Tim Burton landscape of exposed brick and ductwork, scuffed and tufted furniture sometimes too doll-sized to be comfortable and the kind of hyperkinetic playfulness we'll need to survive the apocalypse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But he's brilliant at what he does, at the kind of hyperkinetic, every-shot-a-grabber filmmaking that many attempt and few bring off. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"It's not exactly the kind of hyperkinetic mash-up music we have nowadays 'cause it's still focused on sounds that maybe you haven't heard before," he says. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He has been high profile as a solid North Side congressman, a cannily pragmatic head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a hyperkinetic White House chief of staff. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Agent Jack was the first to fall, sustaining multiple blows to the head from a hyperkinetic crown breaker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many French regard the hyperkinetic Sarkozy, who is of partly Hungarian and Jewish origin, as somehow "foreign," un-presidential, pushy, downmarket, and annoying. ❋ Eric Margolis (2010)

He is husband to his lovely wife of two years and is also father of four hyperkinetic boys obsessed with all things ninja. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Needless to say, the hyperkinetic ravers did not take well to their music getting cut and began taunting the strange man giving the unsolicited lecture. ❋ Unknown (2009)