Word: motionlessness
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Most of the objects on the plates are stars that belong to the Milky Way galaxy, but beyond them are external galaxies which are so far away that they may be considered motionless. As the Milky Way galaxy revolves majestically, its stars seem to stream past the background of distant galaxies. The stars themselves seem to move at varying speeds because of their varying distances and their own individual motions within the galaxy...
...stucco and chicken-wire cliffs of Hollywood success are alluring from afar, but the pilgrims who cling to the steeps find them treacherous, lonely and slippery as glass. A fearful few on the higher ledges kick savagely at those who struggle near; the weary majority simply hang on, motionless as skewered lepidoptera. Climbers tumble off daily into a shadowed limbo below, to live out grey lives without Cadillacs, swimming pools or cell space in the brain of Louella O. Parsons. But television's Jack Randolph Webb, 33. has never faltered or looked down; he has gone...
...short jacket, his arms raised in the gypsy dancer's graceful but virile pose. For seven minutes, accompanied only by the rhythmic snapping of his fingernails, he stamped and whirled through the old dances, ending with the crescendo stamping of the flamenco Zapateado. At the finish. Escudero stood motionless, his face whitened and pinched by the effort, as spectators jumped to their feet, applauding wildly. From the gallery, a voice hoarse with emotion shouted: "Vicente, esto es!" (Vicente, that...
...Chet kept his tempos up, his rhythm hard-swinging. His program consisted mostly of cool-jazz originals such as Maid in Mexico and Soft Shoe, but also included such rich-chorded pop tunes as Funny Valentine and All the Things You Are. Trumpeter Baker stood with his body motionless, his ears bent for the counterpoint of his sidemen, his eyes tiredly closed...
...white toga-like affair which had been borrowed from an amateur theatrical group, had me strike the pose he wanted, and then began to slash away with bold strokes ... all the while keeping up a fast line of chatter with various onlookers. I nearly fainted after having stood virtually motionless for 50 minutes-during which the artist completed one painting and then, to my horror, tore it up and began another-but when it was over, Dufy rewarded me with a good snifter of brandy and a pat on the back...