Word: overheads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scattered along the way, at which points Danny could go into a comic Kayedenza if the inspiration came. And inspiration does come. One of the funniest parts of the picture is the scene in which Kaye. on the spur of the moment, becomes an automobile salesman sputtering trade talk ("overhead underslung oscillating compression decravinator") as if his teeth were a string of firecrackers...
...signal, the band marched into seats on the grandstand and governor Christian A. Herter threw out the first ball, at least according to the announcer. No one, I believe, actually saw the Governor in all the crowd. The ball just popped out of somewhere and the cather grabbed it. Overhead a plane flew by with the banner, "Murphy for Governor." Scraps of paper descended in enthusiasm from the upper tiers and the shivering band played "Jingle Bells." No one laughed. There was that something in the air before a great event that stilled even the omnipresent crackling of peanut shells...
...down a bit at 35, had a particular incentive for winning: no one in handball history has ever won more than 14 nationals. A sharp hitter with both gloved hands, Hershkowitz counted on his fast, hopping serve. Slam-Banger Brady ("I hit the ball awful hard") relied on his overhead kill shots...
...Lodover, an ingenious little tractor loader designed for work in close quarters, such as in mines. It can swing a load of dirt overhead from front to back...
...should be able to overrule state rail way commissions on whether a money-losing rail run should be eliminated. A study, made in 1951, showed that 1,200 passenger runs were falling short, by $84 million a year, of even paying their direct operating costs (without counting company overhead). In the next two years, 314 runs were abandoned, but the railroads were unable to drop many others because the state railway commissions had overruled the ICC's recommendations...