Word: overhead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Planes roared overhead, tanks rumbled past. People packed the wooden grandstands as far as the eye could see, and lined the curbs...
...canopy of Exum's undamaged ship open, both pilots crammed themselves into the cockpit with Exum at the controls seated on the other's lap. With full power, luck and plenty of flaps the plane jumped the ditch, cleared the mountains and rejoined the formation circling overhead...
...bogged down in the snow; the pickup line snapped. The glider's crew joined the nine stranded men on the icecap. More food and clothing were dropped, along with heaters, fuel and a collapsible plywood shelter. The shivering airmen burrowed into the snow, rigged a canvas roof overhead as protection against the gale. The days dragged...
...second day wore on, one man jumped into the water, was washed away and disappeared. But finally, in mid-afternoon-35 hours and three sips of water after they had boarded the rafts-they saw salvation: a fat-bellied Navy Privateer patrol bomber roared overhead and began to circle...
...this month, patrons will see a massive, flesh-colored, grand-piano-shaped building, with no openings except eight doors and four "blind" doors for fire escapes. The glittering interior is even more startling. Instead of being supported by columns, the ceilings and walls of the rooms are suspended from overhead trusses. The rooms can be made bigger or smaller, depending on the size of the crowd, simply by ra:sing the walls through slits in the ceiling. Geddes hopefully expects that Copa City, "an entirely new idea in buildings," will start a revolution...