The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;

VOA: special.2009.04.12

This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

When a Marine gets hit by a laser beam, his weapon gets de-activated.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Light was important to the Incas,too,says Torrey, and in another of his favorite photos, inside the Temple of the Sun, he captures the moment when a beam of sunlight marks the changing season.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

Startled by the intense beam he generated when he rigged the diode to his bike generator, he recalls saying to his partner, "Good God,a child could read by the light of a single diode."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13