The familiar names tumble forth, from Mary Pickford to Charlie Chaplin, who describes his silents as "sort of a comic ballet."

Failing firms As big names tumble, can a company live forever?

The names of all those people living with us tumbled through my mind.

Ask Vincent, ask Frank Robinson, ask Bill White for lists of candidates who might have had the training and the experience to compete with an Al Harazin for the Mets' general manager's job and not many names tumble from their lips.

His name tumbled from her lips.

As her body melted against his, as his name tumbled from her lips, he realized he wasn't blocking his desire at all.