Word: flits
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...Perception is reality, and time is of the essence; as any American will readily admit, this haven just doesn?t feel as safe as it used to. And the defining characteristic of investors is to never look back, to flit unblinkingly to the safest haven around, no tears shed and no patriotism considered. And if New York City, dangling nakedly into the ocean, its gateway toppled, doesn?t seem the stronghold it once did, the investing hordes may just start to shop around for a new one, and adjust the balance of world economic power...
...young women waiting to be selected by customers perch on couches. Nearly all of them are blond, their average age perhaps 22. They sit upright, jumbled together like a doll collection. Careful not to disturb makeup and hair, they move with exaggerated stiffness but their eyes flit eagerly when a new prospect enters the club. Soon, each of the young women is sitting next to a total stranger. They hand out their business cards. They know about Lucie, but that's history. Last week, two girls at Greengrass were sacked because they didn't meet their dohan quotas...
Television makes coverage of the Oscar parties seem so easy. It can flit from lavish bash to lavish bash in the wink of a mascaraed eye. But for the humble reporter in Hollywood (a dying species of which I'm clearly not a member) it is a little harder. One has to pick a maximum of two or three events per 24-hour party cycle and hope that those chosen soirées will yield moments that reflect the industry's celebrations. You might not be at the Vanity Fair party at the precise moment when Russell Crowe finally encounters...
Even though there is a narrative, the play is mainly a study of a diseased mind. The Son thinks in music. He is a child prodigy at the piano, and his musings flit around the tones of baseball bats, humming power lines and clicking typewriters. But he becomes disillusioned with music after the accident. The piano is a lifeless manifestation of the comfortable suburban lifestyle that is wrecked forever...