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...being done on the relationship between eye-movement patterns and speed of reading. In reading 100 words, the eye makes 100 to 150 stops, called "fixation pauses." Each fixation takes about one-quarter of a second. In moving from one fixation to another, the eye makes a quick jerk which takes only about 15 thousandths of a second. The eye often moves backward toward the beginning of the line to get a clearer view of the material or to reread it. These are called regressions and occur about ten times per 100 words. The interfixation moves--the jerks between words...
...problems of any amateur dance production. The dancers are a little unsure on their feet, and as they finish steps, they jerk to regain their balance. This flaw in technique is especially obvious in Eric Lessinger's "Moment Mechanique"--itself an unoriginal interpretation of Shostakovich's metallic music. The three dancers click about the stage doll-like in a dance that should be tight and disturbing but is simply dull...
Stevenson, obviously, can not hide his lineage. There were (and still are) many people to whom "Stevenson" was a bad word. It was not so long ago that people sang "Eisenhower has the power." and "Stevenson's a jerk" to the tune of "Whistle While You Work." And his father never carried Illinois in a presidential election. The name, nevertheless, is unquestionably working to Adlai III's advantage as he campaigns vigorously through Illinois...
...difficult. Distinguished professors whose names appear in even the obscurest libraries manage it best. Wearing rounded hats which have been out of shape as long as out of style, they move their legs carefully and slowly. As foot touches step, however, they seem to lose control and a slight jerk moves up the whole body. Teiresias must have moved like this. Inside Widener these men have favorite chairs from which to watch favorite books. When they walk out the latticed door they are not so much leaving the Library as closing their eyes to it for a while...
...four minutes of enigmatic action, no dialogue; this may be Spinola's deliberate smoke-screen intended to distract us from the great poverty of visual narrative forthcoming. In like manner, every bogged-down scene has people fiddle with things to keep the camera amused. They light infinite cigarettes, they jerk curtain cords, while they talk, talk, and talk...