Word: clatterer
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...Seventh Fleet, there exists an ugly, unlikely division of four ships that is known as "McCoy's Navy." Its officers and men are recognizable from afar by their luxuriant beards and deep suntans, and the approach of their elderly craft can be detected by the clatter of chipping hammers pecking away at rusty decks. The ships themselves have high, unsheered bows and an ungainly 12-knot waddle, while the most advanced piece of electronic gear aboard any of them is a popcorn machine. Yet Inshore Fire Support Division 93, as McCoy's Navy is known officially...
...parties; Valentina Pasion, 23, who wrote home that she wished she could stay in America forever; and Corazon Amurao, 22. Like her two paisanas, Corazon (whose nickname was "Zony"), a shy, modest country girl from rural Batangas province some 60 miles from Manila, was still bewildered by the clatter and bustle of the strange American city...
Along the streets, under billboards depicting exploding American aircraft and vicious, monkey-faced American soldiers bayoneting pregnant women, flow two sorts of traffic: myriads of bicycles and camouflaged military trucks, Uncle Ho's yellow star embellishing their radiators. Creaky old French trams still clatter by in trains of twos and threes punctually every ten minutes-unless stopped in their tracks, as happens ever more frequently when U.S. planes demolish a nearby power source...
With more headline clatter than realistic expectation, Javits had been touring the state to decide if he should contest Rockefeller's bid for a third gubernatorial nomination this year. In fact, New York's senior Senator had no need to venture beyond his Park Avenue apartment to know that Rocky had the state convention sewn up in advance. But while the Governor was inviting him to serve as campaign chairman-and mentioning him for the state's favorite-son nomination in 1968-Javits cannily strove to create the impression that it was he who retained the initiative...
...Mermaids. Bound to be seen everywhere this summer, if Paco's hand-crafters can keep up with demand and charge accounts can take the gaff (dresses begin at $300, simple earrings $4), Rabanne's disks were an instant hit with the models. "It makes such a nice clatter when you move," said one. "I feel like a sexy mermaid." What happens if you sit down? "You shouldn't; they're for dancing," was Paco's prompt retort. One model tried anyway, reported: "Not bad. It sort of slips away...