Word: visored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...friend, "where are we going to take my wife to dinner? She's been waiting since 5:30 and she's going to be plenty sore. Let's take her to a good restaurant, how about it?" He flipped down the station wagon's sun visor, studied a typewritten timetable of industrial plant and shopping-center openings and closings. Said he, ruefully: "We'll only have about 20 minutes to eat-we have to be in Flushing by 8. I want to catch that crowd at the shopping center. We have to be in Flint...
...artificial atmosphere containing at least 40% oxygen, to give the spaceman the same quantity of oxygen he would enjoy at sea level. During launching and reentry, the space pilot will have his pressure suit inflated. In relaxed, straightaway flight, he will be able to deflate his suit, open his visor and rely on cabin air. The air will be filtered, probably through lithium hydride, to remove carbon dioxide and excess water vapor from breath and sweat. It will also be cooled and deodorized...
...first attempt at bailout, so, as the plane knifed ahead at 400 knots, Obie's face was seared by the sharp, -30° wind, by whipped dust, bits of wire and insulation. His eyelids rolled back in the fierce air torrent. He dropped his amber-tinted visor over his tearing eyes-but he could not read his instruments again without lifting it. His gloved hands froze to near helplessness. Under his seat was the armed, unexploded powder charge that had failed to fire his seat out of the cockpit in the early bail...
...Veneto, the flat northeastern plain of Italy between the Alps and the Adriatic where once Caesar's armies stood guard, stands an outpost of the new U.S. Army. It is no sword-shield-and-visor legion of Caesar's hour; neither is it the sprawling sea of men and machines that fought the brutal battles of World War II. It is a unique organism, the Southern European Task Force-SETAF-whose job it is to support NATO's ground armies in that area. A tightly packed, well-trained band of about 6,000 men, SETAF comprises...
...kicked off its major 1956 sales pitch last week with a car safety forum in Detroit, announced that no-spring door latches, "deep-dish" steering wheels (many drivers have been impaled on the steering column) and padded rearview mirrors would be standard equipment on all models. Dashboard and visor cushion pads and front-seat belts will be optional but sold at cost ($25). Benson Ford invited the automobile industry to go along with Ford on a safety sales campaign. But not all the automakers were willing to emphasize the chances a car buyer takes when he ventures on the highway...