Soon, as light flickers from miner's lamps on the players' heads, the audience is engulfed in a semi-improvised swirl of sound, and La Barbara performs a fragmentary aria and dance.
A group of strangers seated across from him broke into applause, soon followed by the flicker of lighters and the orange glow of burning cigarettes.
Soon the details came flickering across the screen.
Soon similar images are flickering, large, across the walls of the room, immersing the artist and her pets in a sea of political chaos.
To my immense frustration, I soon discovered that, though flickering phone booths stood sentinel on nearly every corner, it was almost impossible to find a functioning phone.
For a moment I thought his grin flickered, but soon it was fixed again and after a reproachful comment he began telling me about his home city in minute detail.
Instead of the usual dreary Windows logo, the screen showed only a big blurry blue mess that was soon covered with giant, flickering icons.
"As soon as there is a flicker of hope, New York comes back".
Here is part of his diary entry for Nov. 26, 1922: "It was sometime before one could see, the hot air escaping caused the candle to flicker, but as soon as one's eyes became accustomed to the glimmer of light the interior of the chamber gradually loomed before one, with its strange and wonderful medley of extraordinary and beautiful objects heaped upon one another".
As soon as I saw the flicker of my daughter's heartbeat and heard the sound like a herd of galloping horses, I knew I was a mom.
