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A laser beam can seriously harm humans, and people may not notice the small-diameter beams of light in an industrial environment.
Here's a Buick ad, cited by Thomas Dalzell, a lexicographer of slang, in his terrific book Flappers 2 Rappers : "Stand off and beam at Buick's years-ahead style--there's something not only favored by the old folks, but termed by the younger idea, definitely groovy !" The ad appeared in Newsweek in 1946.
Thus, kick the bucket is listed in the category E29e Pork (because of its presumed etymology, Slaughtered pigs are hung by the heels from the bucket or beam) while go west appears under G12e Sunset, bite the dust (questionably defined as brought low) appears at C10f Winning and losing the battle, buy the farm (which I cannot find in the OED ) is listed under E7a Land (where it is labeled as an Americanism, confuting my understanding that it originated with the R.A.F., early in WWII), and cash in your chips/ checks goes under K77c Roulette (which might be all right for a British English classification, but I think that Americans would expect to find it at K81 Poker ).
Another bandwidth initiative, Broadcast PC , will exploit the unused bandwidth in broadcast television signals to beam content.
-- The bumper sticker reads, “Beam me up, Scotty.