Word: flutter
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...most daring gremlins are those who walk out on wing tips and make the ailerons flutter, or slide down the radio beam when a plane is making a landing. If they are in an impish mood, the gremlins either jerk away the runways so that the pilot cannot tell where to land, or they tip the nose of the plane down so that a propeller prangs. At other times they can be as nice as can be, even get invited by air-gunners into their turrets for warmth and companionship...
...only one world for Frankie. Magnificent. Judging from records and personal appearances, he's easily the greatest trumpeter to play here regularly. This is no idle statement, for Red Allen, Bill Davison, Max Kaminsky, Bobby Hackett, and Hot Lips Paige are no slouches. You can call it "Soul" and flutter your eyelids. Call it "Inspiration" and swoon. More directly, Newton is closest to the soul of jazz, in his sincerity, strength, tenderness, and disregard for convention...
...control, but will not let go of, Argentine politics. The much he can prevent is a unanimous Government-bloc support to Acting President Ramon S. Castillo's policy of refusing belligerent collaboration with the Allies. Between President Ortiz and ex-President Agustin P. Justo, Argentine pro-war groups flutter uncertainly in search of leadership...
...Regiment stiffened slightly; the flutter of programs stopped. Midshipman Isaac Campbell Kidd Jr. marched quietly up the ramp, saluted smartly, grasped his commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox...
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