Word: whirlwinding
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...drowsy Friday morning in Honolulu when the news clattered in over wire-service tickers. Within 32 hours, President Johnson and a small army of "peace warriors" would descend on the island for a whirlwind summit conference with the leaders of South Viet Nam. Hordes of communications, security and transportation experts were already on the way, to be followed by nearly half the U.S. Cabinet, 125 other American and Vietnamese officials, two dozen Secret Service men, 354 newsmen. For Hawaiians, it was to prove the most harrowing ordeal since Maunaloa last blew...
...around with combs and brushes. In their hands, the simplest hairdo is attended by pomp (goldplated shampoo basins, crystal chandeliers and reclining chairs) and circumstances (perfumed air, Muzak, and a cast of supporting players that includes one girl who does nothing but help customers with their zippers). They are whirlwind travelers who can comb out 250 New York debutantes one day, rinse an Italian princess the next, and pin a pony tail on a marquesa in Spain before nightfall (Alexandre's itinerary took him around the world twice just in the month of October). Each is accompanied...
...final approach, Kimes saw a whirlwind at the end of the runway, right in his glide path and carrying enough turbulence to threaten the crippled jet. With a final burst of power he maneuvered around it, got back on course, and landed smoothly. As the plane rolled to a stop, gasoline seeping from cracks under the right wing, the passengers burst into applause, then scrambled out through emergency escape chutes. Twenty-five minutes had elapsed since takeoff...
...Seven Samurai and Rashomon, the relationship begins as an equally gratuitous intrusion. Mifune the bandit is a whirlwind of more-than-human vital force, neither good nor evil, which attaches itself to one side of the protagonists' drama...
...whirlwind weeks, Mrs. Danalis talked the U.S. Government into giving her the dormitories, cajoled a site for them from Tijuana city fathers, raised $5,000 to move the buildings across the border and began recruiting college students willing to fit them out on their spring vacations. The first group, in 1962, turned four of the buildings into a clinic and classrooms. Next year the Amigos converted the other six; in 1964 they built six small clinics from scratch in outlying sections of Tijuana...