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...opened the top. He rolled the flint: three times trying to light a flame. And then, very slowly, on the third try, the wick ignited. Did they understand what was about to happen? Had they really been watching? Was there time left; the magician was opening the black box. He was taking out the butterfly and holding it up by its wings. His hands moved together slowly, until the butterfly was aflame and burned away in an instant...
...sooner does Aristotle Onassis lay one rift rumor to rest than he starts another. There was Jackie in New York, there was Ari in Athens, and there was Old Flame Maria Callas vacationing at the nearby isle of Tragonisi. One day Maria decided to throw a beach party. Ari dropped in by helicopter, greeted Maria with a kiss and picnicked away the golden hours with Maria and two other guests. Responding like a Dalmatian to the fire bell, Jackie flew back to Greece, to Onassis, to the yacht Christina, and to squelch rumors...
...fellow pianists. No pianist can overwhelm an audience at every performance, but more nights than not, a rare spark seemed to pass between Fleisher and his listeners. It was not the kind of spark that stemmed from mere dramatics or showmanship. What he had was the kind of flame that was ignited by rubbing the smallest phrase just so, and then building from there. "It was like making a happening," he recalls. "When the stars were right, I could kind of get out of myself and into something mysterious and wondrous and exciting." Fleisher is still hoping to achieve such...
...have to choose which you think are most dangerous. First you see clouds of smoke and dust on the ground. In the air, the missile is a relatively long body. You get to see it only for a split second. It's a silhouette with an orange-yellow flame on its tail. Your eye is attracted by the flame...
...years ago, when the tiny (720 sq. mi.) Indian Ocean island won independence from Britain, one might have got the idea that it was serving as a model for a less elevated region. Ringed by silver sands and azure waters, dotted with scarlet flame trees and emerald sugar plantations, it was suffering nonetheless from economic stagnation, staggering unemployment and mounting racial tensions. At least 24 people died in savage riots just before the independence ceremonies, and Britain had to fly in troops from Singapore to restore order...