Now the others nod back, the hint of a smile flickering on some faces.
Stringer writes: "It is as though the candle glow of modernity was intermittent, repeatedly flickering on and off again".
Consider seeing just a few stars flickering on and off against a dark sky.
But since one of the images flickering on Bin Laden's screen was of President Obama, the video appeared to date from sometime after January 2009, when Mr. Obama was inaugurated.
It started with one word in frantic, spidery letters flickering on a screen above the band: "Hope".
Screens are flickering on around the country.
Everywhere, different prices kept flickering on the screens.
A few weeks ago, there was some good news about inflight comfort flickering on the horizon.
By the time "Brief Encounter" began flickering on screen, a feeling of bonhomie filled the room.
The lights were flickering on and off then, as they still are now.
A sting ray glides past, a snapper, green dots flickering on its scales.
