Even if he was on this train." His moving to the city is an attempt to move away from the natural world and become a thing,a machine.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

He taught himself to be a pilot. During World War II, he designed a machine used to train military aircraft crews to fire guns at enemy aircraft.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02