We live in a time where in a flash your message can be communicated to the far reaches of the globe.
In a flash Luke commits to fatherhood, just as he decides, in a subsequent flash, to provide for his son shades of "My boy Bill, " the carnival barker's soliloquy in "Carousel" by robbing banks with a newfound buddy named Robin (Ben Mendelsohn, shrewdly memorable in a minor role).
Static electricity could cause a small spark when a petrol pump nozzle is inserted which could in turn ignite fuel vapour in a flash fire.
Many of the companies that will go public in the year to come are far more substantial than the dot-coms that rose to fame in a flash and disappeared in a poof.
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In an ideal world, messaging would happen in a flash but the real-world process it much more measured and methodical.
The 22-year-old center is a finalist for the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL MVP, and he and his teammates were cheered in the first few seconds after the season ended in a flash.
When Pascal Dupuis gave Pittsburgh its first lead with 1 minute left in the opening period capping the three-goal spurt in 5:42 the early euphoria was gone in a flash.
Something changes in you when for weeks and months you walk among people who in a flash of an instant might take your life or might not or may even come to your rescue.
To get creative in challenging light, a built-in pop-up flash supplies extra lighting when capturing images in low-light situations or to provide a fill flash to eliminate shadows.
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With 4G LTE speeds and a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, ELECTRIFY M lets you load web pages in a flash and multi-task like a pro.
The uDrove Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinois will take on Fresno State in the battle of a bowl sponsored by a mobile phone app that makes truck-driving paperwork disappear in a flash.
Time stops, and the one-hour viewing period permitted by park authorities is over in a flash.
Their homes, their possessions, their pictures and their whole history is gone in a flash.
Maybe the concept came to you in a flash, the proverbial bolt out of the blue.
The conversation was over in a flash, but I suddenly felt quite different about Al Gore.
What fired him up, though, was an idea that came to him--yes--in a flash.
In a flash he pulls my skirt back over my body and yanks me off the table.
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"The Prada, Dior and Louboutin shoes go in a flash, even if the buyer can't fit into them!"
You can convert units and currencies, track unemployment figures, explore DNA or even compare dinosaurs in a flash.
Petersburg Paradox can end on any toss, even the fastest-growing company's upward trajectory can flatten in a flash.
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And then, the visitor disappeared in a flash, just as if a TV screen had been turned off.
Two minutes can pass in a flash, or two minutes can feel interminable.
Khan's punishing jab comes in a flash and he can unleash a swarm of stinging blows in a nanosecond.
They circled and strafed the ground in a flash of fire and smoke, pulling back just a few minutes later.
In a flash the foil was clean, and a clear mist hung in the air without any burning taking place.
Bellfield is by all accounts a charismatic and charming man - but he can change in a flash, say police.
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In a flash of intuition, he had it: the new stars near Jupiter were actually moons, orbiting the planet as our moon orbits us.
"It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before, " said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.
The fight itself was over in a flash, Bailey rushing Khan from the opening bell and gorging on leather for the next 106 seconds.
"My personality doesn't work without fame, " says Brand in a flash of self-awareness, before launching into an anecdote about meeting Britney Spears and an elephant.
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