Word: overhead
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...still wiping his eyes when he heard an ominous click: up front, behind his bulletproof plastic shield, the driver had flicked a switch that locked both rear doors electrically to prevent passengers from taking off before paying the fare. "Where to, fella?" asked a voice from a loudspeaker overhead. John told him. The trip to the office was uneventful, until John put his $10 bill in a revolving tray in the partition and got back change for $5. When he pounded on the plastic and protested, the amplified voice informed him that he had only passed through a fiver...
...industrialized, mechanized and electrified--and so did the music. In Chicago, Blues was played in bars and clubs and it was impossible to hear the music of unamplified instruments above the din of the people at the bar, of the cars in the streets, and of the elevated trains overhead. The result was that Blues became amplified. Guitars were electrified, the singing was carried over a public address system and drums, extra guitars, bass piano and other instruments were added to increase volume and provide music for dancing as well as listening...
...conducting further experiments in California to refine their fog-dispersing system, but they say that it has already proved practical under combat conditions in Southeast Asia. Twice, after Air Force planes were forced down and obscured by low-lying cloud banks in enemy-infested territory, rescue helicopters spiraled overhead until they had cleared holes in the clouds. They then lowered lines and rescued the downed pilots, who thus became the first beneficiaries of a novel procedure that Air Force scientists hope will soon become routine...
THURSDAY morning was crisp and clear, so the group decided to break its pattern and take a walk. "It's nice to do things together," John had said. It was a lovely walk, single file, in total silence, along a roaring stream. The redwoods towered overhead--it was very peaceful, very calm...
Elaborately equipped police swirled around a barricaded building while ragged defenders struggled to hold them off. Helicopters clattered overhead broadcasting calls for surrender; tear gas billowed and missiles flew. While millions of Japanese watched on television last week, the storming of Tokyo University brought a violent end to a bitter, year-long student strike...