Word: mask
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seething gases and liquids mask its rocky core. Its frigid atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen and helium. Great cyclones and hurricanes swirl in its turbulent sky, with brilliant red and orange clouds constantly merging and breaking apart in ever changing patterns. Often the turbulence creates trails of sinuous white vapors thousands of miles long. The awesome, forbiddingly beautiful world is that of Jupiter, a planet so large it could swallow more than 1,300 earths...
...lightning quick and superbly skilled attacker--repeatedly lost to fencers infinitely inferior to him. Typically, Chipman would utilize four or five feints on opponents who couldn't even see, never mind be deceived by them. They would poke their points forward in fearful reflex and touch Chipman's mask or torso...
...Bazargan government was forced to negotiate Kraus' release with the Komiteh. To mask their own lack of control of events in Tehran, Bazargan aides blandly announced that Kraus had been held legitimately, on suspicion that he had killed some Iranians during the embassy assault. It was well established, however, that he had never even fired a shot...
CRIMSON: Would you take off your mask...
DEWITT: I'd take off my clothes before I'd take off my mask...