Word: intercom
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...Fogal yells on the intercom. "Crank it up!" The diesel roars to life. They move out over the dusty range. Three T-62 tanks appear suddenly nearly a mile downrange. "Gunner! Heat! Tank!" Fogal screams. The words alert the crew, order a high-explosive antitank round to be loaded and specify the target...
...elaborate status classifications is at Ford, where employees are graded on a scale of 1 (clerks and secretaries) to 27 (chairman of the board). Grade 9, the lowest level of executive, carries the right to an outside parking place, while Grade 13 brings a larger office, windows, plants, an intercom system and a secretary. Grade 16ers get an office with a private lavatory, signed Christmas cards from the chairman, an indoor parking space and their company cars washed and gassed on request...
Instead there is a lot of talk. Much of it in impenetrable spaceflight jargon. Scanners, deflectors, warp speed, linguacode-words like that are always being barked into the intercom. But it is never to the point: it is hard to decipher where the starship Enterprise stands vis-a-vis the mysterious intruder from outer space. When the crew are not jabbering in technocratese, they are into metaphysics, one of the characteristics of the old Star Trek television show and a major reason for its cult vogue among the half-educated...
Liddy positioned his right hand over the candle so that the flame licked at his palm. Soon, the room filled with the scent of burning flesh. Liddy did not flinch. The stench became overwhelming. The executive pushed a button on his intercom...
Mike Stenhouse's pair of doubles in the twin bill gave him sole possession of the career and season marks for two baggers. The Stenman celebrated with an inspiring recitation of "Casey at the Bat" over the bus intercom on the return trip...