Recently she appealed for help in an open letter to a Russian weekly newspaper which prompted public dismay and a flurry of small personal contributions from Dostoevsky-lovers - many of them equally impoverished pensioners - totalling around 2,000 roubles (£50).
While administration officials deny that the increased travel is intended to undermine the 38-year-old embargo against Cuba, the new flow has given rise to a flurry of business, personal and political contacts, and there is a renewed push in some circles -- both Democratic and Republican -- to relax the commercial boycott, one of the last relics of the increasingly distant cold war.
But as more immigrant groups are seeking mates on a flurry of new dating, personal ads and matchmaking Web sites -- for Hispanics, Koreans, Arabs, Indians and others -- the Chinese appear to be dominating the business of matchmaking the old-fashioned way.
Mr. Weiner's return to Twitter in April coincided with Mr. Clinton's debut on the social network — prompting a flurry of unwelcome chatter comparing the personal indiscretions of the two.
The week ends with a flurry of activity on Friday, with personal income, consumer spending, core inflation, consumer sentiment and the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index all hitting the tape before 10 a.m.
Just two weeks after losing its much-lauded chief executive in a flurry of embarrassing revelations about his personal life, it now faces the prospect of seeing a prized Russian gas field wrenched from its possession as the Kremlin seeks to consolidate command of its energy resources.
The post-war years also saw a flurry of architects sketching plans for cities where the personal helicopter replaced the personal car, most notably resulting in the flat-roofed Pan Am Building in New York City.
After years of Mr. Rangel's facing little opposition or scrutiny, the revelations about his arrangement set off a flurry of questions and aggressive examination of his personal finances and fund-raising.
Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, has faced a recent flurry of news stories suggesting that he juiced up his personal biography.
In a flurry of metaphor, Ms. Biziou went on to compare space clearing to personal hygiene.
