Word: twitching
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Disappearing Twitch...
...actor has little voice left. Long ago it developed a natural quaver that he has adroitly learned to use for theatri cal effect. But he more than makes up for his vocal defects by embellishing each role with small dramatic touches of his own-a twitch here, a little shuffle of surprise there-that bring character to life. Son of a well-to-do Roman family, De Paolis made his debut as the Duke in Rigoletto at Bologna in 1919, later sang tenor leads at virtually every major house in Europe. But, he says, "I never had a large voice...
...everyone was asking about was U.S. Marine Corps Lieut. Colonel John H. Glenn Jr., 40, who in the past nine weeks had undergone, without twitch or grimace, an agonizing series of frustrations in his effort to become the first American to orbit the earth; this week he was scheduled to try again...
...been turned. The system is light, and since it is not exposed to high heat or pressure, it is potentially trouble-free. Many missilemen are confident that solid-propellant rockets, already an important U.S. specialty, will be even more valuable when brief blasts of freon are used to twitch their fiery tails...
...hammer lock hold on the country through control of its 15,000-man police force and an army of informers. Strongman Serraj beat and imprisoned thousands of Syrians. So efficient were his spies that garrulous Syrians learned to speak in whispers, developing an ailment known as "Syrian twitch"-a nervous compulsion to glance over their shoulders when talking...