Word: mask
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when you look at the current issue of the McInnis machine that way, you get a pretty good idea of the whole setup. Charlie Walsh has inherited Cliff Crosby's mask and looks very strong. Walsh has a great throwing arm and handles the pitchers well; this is an especially important requirement this year. McInnis counts him as one of his top hitters, a line drive specialist who has developed a lot since he first trotted onto the diamond last spring...
Trouble began when pilots began to harness Leonard into the usual protective gadgetry: buoyancy gear, oxygen mask, parachute, etc. With such equipment bulging from his 205 lbs., he needed the help of five men to fold him into the tiny radarman's cabin behind the pilot. When they lowered the bullet-proof canopy, it banged against his helmet, pushed his face within six inches of the radar panel...
...Jones tries to define clearly the relationship of his protagonists to the Army. He never succeeds in explaining convinoingly just why Prewitt and Wardes loved the Army as much as we are told they did. At the end they both make romantic, almost sentimental, gutters of devotion that merely mask Jones' failure...
Another exhibit looked simply comic at first glance. The Cayuga Indian "Great One" mask, used in rites for the sick, represented a spirit who once challenged the Creator himself to a mountain-moving contest. The Creator responded by smacking a mountain right up against the Great One's nose, leaving him with a permanent nose tilt and a sheepish expression...
Tomorrow is Ground Hog Day. Fearful of its shadow, the CRIMSON will hide in its burrow under the ramshackle press and refuse to emerge until Monday morning. Then, with a new mask, it will fearlessly commence the new term. Drive carefully...