Word: visored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That on and after midnight of February twenty-second, year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty eight, no mask or visor shall be upon the helmet of the regalia of any Klansman. It shall therefore be unlawful for any Klansman to wear any mask or visor as part of his regalia, and each Klansman . . . shall . . . become a member of the Knights of the Great Forest...
...That on and after said date all Klansmen are forbidden to fraternize with or remain in Klannish Fidelity to any who shall thereafter wear upon his helmet a mask or visor...
...Pittsburgh, celluloid-visored Joseph Castro fell asleep in somebody's office. Inspired by his snoring, a gum-chewing office joker removed a wad of moist substance from under his tongue. "Lookit," he said, "what do you say we play a joke?" Stealthy as a murderer he approached Joseph Castro, stuck a little tee of gum on the end of Mr. Castro's nose. When spectators giggled, the joker still stealthy as a murderer, became inspired to touch a match to the little tee he had built. Dreaming of a sunny beach, Joseph gave his nose a little wriggle, opened...
...novels. He began as a reporter and feature writer on the New York Sun. A series of articles on quack medicines, which drove several manufacturers out of business, first brought him prominence in 1906. Later he conducted a column in the New York Tribune under the name of Ad-Visor, wherein he sought to expose dishonest advertising. Gimbel Brothers, potent Manhattan department store, brought suit against him when he attacked some of their advertisements. Gimbel Brothers won the suit. Mr. Adams's novels often have persuasive titles: The Flying Death; Little Miss Grouch; Wanted, A Husband; Success. He writes...
...ball. In 1922 she played through all the important tournaments, won the doubles with Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, and gave Molla Mailory a run for the singles. The sports writers boosted her and she acquired a "public." You could not help liking the steady eyes under the crisp sun-visor,* the strong, immature body in the short white skirt and pull-on blouse. That winter she grew four inches. When she began her eastern season at Seabright in 1923 TIME, reporting possibilities for the national title, said "She looms...