Word: wigged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trip to New York last summer, Arthur bought a wig to use as a disguise, but Saks refused to let her wear it. "Then one night it happened," she says. "We were chased down Broadway by a mob of people like in Suddenly Last Summer. It was awful. We dived into a bar to escape, and my husband said, 'Next time do me a favor. Wear the wig.' " A small blonde wig, perhaps...
...black or Mexican. "Nobody knew if I was white or black or whatever, and I kept the mystique up," he has said. "No pictures, no interviews. I turned down some heavy cats." When he did make public appearances, he painted his face assorted colors and wore a huge wig and sunglasses. "And these crazy long fingernails. You dig? People knew I had makeup on, but they didn't know what the hell was underneath...
...funny. One notices her sly smile on penning "For Mister Horner," one senses her giddy excitement on being able to write her own letter, one enjoys her unconscious tickling of her nose with the quill, one shares her gleeful success at hiding the dictated letter under Pinchwife's very wig. Miss Shelley gives an exhibition of consummate artistry...
...might qualify. While á deux with Mrs. Taylor-Burton and a beaker of champagne, she remarked that Richard often considered returning to Oxford to become a simple don. This was said with great sincerity and a straight face. Which-since the lady was at the time wearing a stupefying wig made from the scalps of at least nine healthy Italians and a frock costing upwards of $5,000-gave me a poignant vision of donnish simplicity...
...eventually is himself drawn into criminal conduct. Nixon meanwhile, instead of skipping the country, takes a leaf from G. Gordon Liddy, dons a disguise, and travels around hither and yon, eavesdropping and generally keeping the citizenry under secret surveillance. When things reach an impasse. Nixon whips off his wig and moustache, reveals himself to the nation, and, issuing a few executive decrees, smilingly sets things aright, though dark clouds can be seen on the horizon...