Word: motionlessness
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...which cilmbs like some lazy bubble toward the surface, is compacted all the intricate machinery which labors to keep its actions under control. In a little cubicle reserved for him amid all this mechanism is the sole human occupant--Vag. There is room for only Vag there. He sits motionless at the single grilled window, staring out vacantly as he has done ever since The Descent early in January. His straight-focussed eyes gaze out through the crisscross grill which makes whatever he sees appear as if viewed through some huge bloodshot...
...yard line, he watches the course of the ball through the air towards him. Swiftly it rises until it seems to be higher than the rim of the stadium behind it up and up in a graceful are. His eyes glue themselves to this careening brown speck. He remains motionless, staring at it in fascination like one hypnotized. . . . This is a game, old boy; it has started now. Forget that hollow stomach feeling. This is a football in the air; your anticipation is over; the future has become the present. This is why your rib felt like it was cracked...
...Motionless in a wheelchair, swathed in blankets, his tired old face shaded by a broad fedora. Major Andrew Summers Rowan, 81, last week listened to a seven-gun salute in his honor on the lawn of Letterman General Hospital at San Francisco's Presidio (U. S. Army post). He also listened to a flowery speech by a gentleman in smoked glasses, Consul José Zarza of the Cuban Republic. The speech said that Major Rowan had performed a feat that was "an everlasting lesson" which "covered your army with glory," a deed for all to "love, admire and emulate...
...dozen flying fish of lengths varying from 18 to 24 in. were attracted to this lighted area. At intervals one or two seals came alongside, either in search of a meal, or else to play and sport with the fish. The weather was flat calm- no wind, water motionless, with barely perceptible swells. When swimming easily-not excited-the flying fish used their wings, not so much to assist their swimming speed as to increase their maneuvrability. Their main propulsion is by the very powerful tail...
...honor the other dog's find by pointing too), as a stanch dog should always do. Just then Mr. Chance, who was about 200 yd. behind, sighted a long freight train puffing down the track. Frantically he ran forward, shouting and waving at the engineer, pointing to the motionless figure ahead. The engineer put on his brakes, too late. Brilliant Joe was still holding his point as the freight ground him under...