Word: mask
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fragile flask of Lewisite* they had had installed in the vault by a Chicago firm. Other bankers hastened to ask questions, order flasks of Lewisite for their own protection. Other yeggs scowled at the thought of having to add to their equipment-jimmy, "soup" (nitroglycerin), oxyacetylene blowtorch - a gas mask of exceedingly high impenetrability...
...been working with the University squad since the Seconds were disbanded, and it is quite probable that Coach Mahan may use him this afternoon. He was used as a pinch hitter for Spalding in the last inning of Saturday's game, and when he dons the catcher's mask this afternoon, he will be the fourth Crimson backstop to be used this season...
...mothered by gypsy women, automobile racers have few ties in the world through which they dash, and seldom acknowledge human kin. But, in the famed 500-mile sweepstakes at Indianapolis last week, Ralph de Palma, veteran driver, had a nephew-a dark diminutive youth with a countenance like a mask bitten out of sandstone by the wind. Uncle de Palma was a trifle worried. The boy was reckless; he might do himself harm. All day, as the cars circled, he kept his eye on the little cream-colored machine driven by Nephew Pete de Paolo. The whippersnapper was assuredly reckless...
...Second nine will face its crucial contest of the season with practically its strongest line-up on the field. Puffer will do the hurling for Coach Lake's nine, with DeRham donning the catcher's mask. Slayton will be at first as he was in the Andover game, with Daeey, Keene and Roland completing the infield. Captain Amsden, Bennett and Allen will patrol the outfield...
...blistering penetrant, the effects of which last for a considerable length of time, owing to its slow evaporation. Ground saturated with this liquid cannot be occupied for at least a week. In high concentrations, such as were used, it is certain death, to breathe it without a mask; but although there were 150,000 casualties in the British Army from mustard gas, less than 1 in 40 died and about 1 in 200 became permanently unfit...