While the majority spin a few times to several times each day in principal axis rotation, a small number spin so slowly that they have somehow managed to enter into a tumbling rotation state.
Beginning in 1907, Mr. Blériot began experimenting with monoplane designs, the first of which managed to stay aloft for 1,600 feet before tumbling to the ground.
The speaker of the city council was bidding to be New York's first woman and first gay mayor, yet she only managed to attract 15% of the vote, having tumbled from her leading position earlier in the summer.
In early March, after chipmaker Intel and computer maker Compaq warned investors of falling profits, much of the tech sector tumbled sharply, but Internet funds managed to avoid the carnage.
Crucially, individuals fell in love with particular houses and managed to buy them, complete with their rotting roofs, their tumbling staircases, their abandoned garment-trade rubbish, their methyl alcohol-drinkers sleeping in the basements.
There were a few bright spots in the falling FTSE 100 (unlike on Tuesday when only engineer Meggitt managed to make any gains as global markets including Wall Street tumbled).
After my wobbly arm nearly sent my crustacean tumbling into a glass of prosecco, I managed to plop my morsel into the mouth of the agreeable Human Rights Watch employee seated beside me.
After my wobbly arm nearly sent my crustacean tumbling into a glass of prosecco, I managed to plop the morsel into the mouth of the agreeable Human Rights Watch employee seated beside me.
Their earlier collaborations, "Clockwatchers" (1997) and "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing" (2002), were clever and beguiling ensemble comedies that managed to elude many of the weary indie conventions that "Thin Ice" tumbles into.
Spanish online travel group eDreams Odigeo's share price tumbled 6% on listing but it has since managed to crawl its way back above its offer price.
Chicago, God bless its retro heart, is the rough-and-tumble big city that has somehow managed to elude the smoking police.
