AS the plane took off, the woman in the window seat flipped open her copy of the magazine.

The woman flipped through the pages until she found the right dates, and Cole followed his finger down the page.

The woman stopped and flipped open the clipboard.

His method worked as the young woman, who looked like a volunteer or a trainee, flipped through the pages of the appointment book.

The woman flipped over him, and he heard a grunt escape her as she landed on her back.

The old woman snatched the pages, flipped through them and stabbed a finger at a column of names.

The same grouchy old woman sat at her table and flipped through the National Enquirer.

But a woman might flip her hair back.

The woman walked over to the console of controls, flipped four cobalt-blue buttons, and waited.

The blond woman sitting across from him flipped open a battered notebook and stared at Liz.