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  • My first thought was if the electric-eye rifle machines we loved to shoot, of funny-looking Tojo and Hitler targets running back and forth would be taken away from the local fun house concession.

    A Little Bit of History 2008

  • His surly appearance and incredible strength delighted the young black girls who worked the electric-eye cash registers.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • His surly appearance and incredible strength delighted the young black girls who worked the electric-eye cash registers.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • His surly appearance and incredible strength delighted the young black girls who worked the electric-eye cash registers.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • His surly appearance and incredible strength delighted the young black girls who worked the electric-eye cash registers.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • Grounds reports a false alarm at twelve-oh-eight, caused by a rabbit blundering into the electric-eye barrier.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • They'd broad-jumped the electric-eye barriers, Matt first, then Laney making her move while Matt stared up at the wall and willed nobody to see her.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • Grounds reports a false alarm at twelve-oh-eight, caused by a rabbit blundering into the electric-eye barrier.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • Like all cities the Invader had consolidated, Barclay was girdled by electric-eye circuits.

    The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. 1966

  • The attack registered first on several electronic detectors of the electric-eye type.

    The Voyage of the Space Beagle Van Vogt, A. E. 1950

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