Word: hatless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many months after the Haig funeral, King-Emperor George V caught the pneumonia of which he nearly died, while officiating hatless in the rain before Britain's Cenotaph, on last Armistice...
...loud speaker, its hoarse voice growled a terrible threat: "High wind and rain ... a hurricane . . . tempest will reach the west coast of Ireland tonight. . . ." Father Quinn thought of the fishermen who went out upon Galway Bay in wretched, unsubstantial tarred-canvas boats- the only boats they could afford. Hatless, he raced out of his house and down to the shore to give warning. From the shore he looked out at the midget fleet, already almost invisible on the quiet swell...
...gasoline gauge rose. Flyers and officials crowded around. The plane was wheeled to the runway. Mr. Clarke leaned out, called: "As long as I can't see the start of this race I'll be at the other end to see the finish!" Into the plane jumped Mr. Babb, hatless in business clothes. The motor hummed; the plane took off. A Dole official told the crowd Mr. Clarke had not qualified, had not a chance to win the prize if he made the flight...
...really better to go hatless? Is a windblown, dust-swept, rain-soaked, hail-battered or snow-covered hatless head best? Is it better than a head simmering in its own heat under a piece of felt that may have been worn for months...
...choice is not easy; but the New York World, courageous, once went so far as to say editorially: "The cult of hatless men, which had few devotees . . . has many now. . . ." Further than this U. S. journalism has preferred not to go in raising an issue, perhaps some day to take its place beside such questions as: "Was Adam an ape-man?"; or "What per cent of alcohol makes a beverage 'intoxicating...