Word: flutterings
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...magic makings for a fairy-tale romance. He is 27, a moody, mysterious Tartar bristling with savage charm. She is 45, an alabaster beauty of elegant refinement. He is the glittering young prince in the first bloom of creative life. She is the dying swan in the last flutter of a shining career...
...such as Puff (the Magic Dragon), Crooked Little Man and We'll Sing in the Sunshine. He does not always listen to the words-Blowin' in the Wind sounds as exuberant as if those are greenbacks blowin', but why not? Trini has become accustomed to their flutter ever since he jammed the jukeboxes with If I had a Hammer two years...
There was the familiar cry from Doorkeeper William ("Fishbait") Miller: "Mistah Speak-ah! The President of the United States!" There was the rush of applause, the flutter of outstretched arms in the aisle as Lyndon Johnson wove his way toward the rostrum, the predictable burst of foolishness from the Speaker, from whom tradition demands an excessive introduction: ". . . great pleasure . . . highest privilege . . . distinguished, personal honor-of presenting to you the President of the United States...
Moments later, birds' wings flutter above the benighted churchmen, who gape at the charred pillar, already uncertain whether they have incinerated a heretic, or a saint...
...miles, and a couple of near disasters on his 13th annual Christmas visit to American military men overseas. He went first to Korea this year and nearly lost half his troupe when one of the two helicopters they were traveling in developed engine trouble and had to flutter down blindly to a forced landing in a blizzard. This, if nothing else, gave a fascinating revelation of the seating order of Hope's entourage when he is on the move: the stricken helicopter contained Singer John Bubbles, Madman Jerry Colonna, Bandleader Les Brown, and only one female, Actress Janis Paige...