Word: buzzers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...moll buzzer (underworld)-thief who preys on women
...front, Bing assured the audience that the performance would go on after intermission. Baritone Mario Sereni was called as a substitute, but when the audience filed back at the warning buzzer half an hour later, a spotlight hit the curtain, and Bing stepped out again. "This," he began slowly, "is one of the saddest nights . . . I ask you all to rise in memory of one of our greatest performers, who died as I am sure he would have wanted to die-in the middle of one of his greatest performances. I am sure you will agree that it would...
...around working newsmen. No smoke hangs blue above the desks; by executive order in the interest of "increased efficiency," smoking is prohibited. To make phone calls, most reporters retire to soundproofed glass booths along the wall; when they want a copy boy, they do not shout, but press a buzzer button. The big room has an almost palpable serenity, helped along by the sight of the old-fashioned dust jackets worn by some of the copyreaders...
Could someone install a device on the common variety of telephone which will inform the telephone user, even though he is on the phone, when someone is trying to contact him ? Perhaps a light could flash, a buzzer buzz, or even a small shock be provided for those who still refuse to give up the line when someone is desperately trying the number...
...final moments of the half, however, Carl Belz and his brother Herman returned to life to net eight points in a row and thereby bring the Tigers to within one point as the buzzer sounded...