Word: buzzes
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...dispatch a courier by motorcycle to locate the trouble. "Just a football game on the lower deck," came the report. Another ruckus. "A water polo match in the swimming pool." A terrific bang. "Now the boys are furious, sir," reported the messenger. "A Russian plane was trying to buzz us. It flew in through the window and crashed on the basketball court...
...thing, New York "society" has never been able to shut its top drawer (as more settled towns have, or pretend to have); socialites, cafe socialites, climbers and hangers-on buzz across the city's night life like a queenless swarm. But the hard fact was that the debut was becoming an anachronism. In a less strident day, when children were seen and not heard, a debut was at least as significant as the unveiling of a civic monument. If it uncovered nothing the audience had not seen before, it was at least official and marked the removal...
...work lists the offenses that insects are guilty of (they eat man's crops and belongings; they carry diseases; they buzz and they bite). But to catalogue their virtues, Hyslop uses more than twice as much space. For man's benefit and pleasure, he points out, insects produce silk, shellac, beeswax and honey. They pollinize plants. They improve the soil by burrowing into it and dying. Singing crickets and fighting crickets are part of show business to the Chinese. Some insects, including locusts, ants, beetles and caterpillars, are food for some people (the Hyslop family tried...
Outraged by comics that piously headline their pages "Obey the Law" while dripping with murder by meat cleavers, quicklime, axes and buzz saws, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took drastic action. It passed an ordinance providing a $500 fine or a six-month jail term for selling crime comics to children under 18. The law will cover only the rural areas of the county, but the legislature will be asked to make the ban statewide...
...visiting Boston Red Sox treated him with proper respect, crippled or not. Twice he came to bat with runners on base, and a buzz of excitement rippled through Yankee Stadium and down the pitcher's back. Twice he banged in a run. The third time, the crowd let go an angry bellow: the Sox, trying to protect a slim lead, sent him to first base on a pass instead of letting him swing at the ball. Joe scored the run that put the Yankees out in front, anyway...