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The team made some minor uniform adjustments before the start of the 2004 season, including reverting from blue to the traditional gray face masks, darkening their blue colors from a royal blue to speed blue, as well as adding two white stripes to the socks.

The masks, probably modeled of wax from the face of the deceased, were part of the funeral procession when an elite Roman died.

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Most common are masks covering the upper face, leaving the mouth and jaw exposed.

The face of the medallion portrays an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks.

Many fall or autumn North European folk black face customs are employed ritualistically to appease the forces of the oncoming winter, utilizing characters with blackened faces, or black masks.

These measures include primarily hand washing and face masks ; in the health care environment, gowns and disposable gloves are also used.

Wearing face masks when around people who are infected may be beneficial ; however, there is insufficient evidence for maintaining a greater social distance.

This state was induced by ritualistic actions: loud rhythmic singing, clapping and drumming on external objects, dancing, body and face painting, and the use of specific cloths and masks.

* Modern firefighter's helmets protect the face and back of the head against impact, fires and electricity, and can include masks, communication systems, and other accessories.

Her face was transformed using latex masks and digital special effects as she introduced ideas about the relationship between physiognomy and perception.

Rioters typically wear face masks, scarves, and other headgear not only to conceal their identity, but also to filter tear gas.

There are many kinds of face masks available, but they typically fall into one or more of these categories:

Sheet masks consist of a thin cotton or fiber sheet with holes cut out for the eyes and lips and cut to fit the contours of the face, onto which serums and skin treatments are brushed in a thin layer ; the sheets may also be soaked in the treatment.

Sheet masks are quicker, less messy, and require no specialized knowledge or equipment for their use compared to other types of face masks, but they may be difficult to find and purchase outside of Asia.

Full-face masks ( similar to, and often including paintball masks ) cover the rest of the face, protecting vulnerable parts such as teeth.

Softer plastics and nylon, may be used for costume components including body suits, capes, and face masks.

From 1992 to 1997, Cinemax aired one movie each day of the week that would be centered around a certain genre, represented by various pictures that would play in a specialized feature presentation bumper before the start of the movie ; the symbols included: Comedy ( represented by an abstract face made up of various movie props, with the mouth open to look like it is laughing ), Suspense ( represented by a running man silhouette ), Premiere ( represented by an exclamation point caught in spotlights ), Horror ( represented by a skull ), Drama ( represented by abstract comedy & tragedy masks ), Vanguard ( represented by a globe ), Action ( represented by a machine gun ) and Classic ( represented by a classic movie-era couple embracing and kissing ).

People in certain occupations may be advised to wear face masks.

In 1997, Kimberly-Clark sold its 50 % stake in Canada's Scott Paper to forest products company Kruger Inc. and bought diaper operations in Spain and Portugal and disposable surgical face masks maker Tecnol Medical Products.

It resists burning better than exclusively hydrocarbon based rubbers, resulting in its appearance in weather stripping for fire doors and in combat related attire such as gloves and face masks.

His face took on a sudden pallor, became beaded with sweat, and he seemed to have trouble with his breathing.

Sweat bubbled out on Jess's swarthy face.

Then, with a glory that almost wiped out the deep, downward sags in her careworn face, Matilda leaned over the wheel and shouted to Hez, who was stumbling along in the heat and the dust on the opposite side of the wagon `` Pa!!

With Rod on his way and Matilda visiting with Mrs. Jackson while they searched out familiar names on the face of the cliff, Harmony settled on the edge of the grub box, to ease the pressure of her swollen body on her bone-weary legs, and worried about all that might have happened to Sally.

His face was dark as the sky above it as he stood on the wing and waited for his pilot.

The car was just about to us, its driver's fat, solemn face intent on the road ahead, on business, on a family in Sante Fe -- on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human beings desperately needed rescue.

A few yards beyond the group of men, a man's nude body lay face down on a patch of thick green dichondra.

He was looking out on the dark waters of the Lake when I came upon him and without wasting words I smacked him hard across the face.

In the bedroom before the husband and wife find their way to the bed, the lights go on: `` In dull domestic radiance I watch her staring face, still blind, Start wincing in obedience To dirty waters, counters, pots and pans, Waiting below stairs, in her mind ''.

This was also a corpse -- a male, judging from the coral arm bands, the tribal scars still discernible on the maggoty face, the painted bone of the warrior caste which still pierced the septum of the rotting nose.

There was nothing in particular on the man's face.

When he got closer to the tree, Matsuo noted the wild look on his face.

She opened the boxes with a tear in her eye and a sad smile on her face.

West Germany will face the crucial tests that lie ahead, on Berlin and unification, with a coalition government.

Here in the cool darkness Mr. Podger could still feel the warmth of midday, could still see the yellow butterflies dancing over the road, could still see the friendly grin on the young, sun-browned face as the driver looked back over his shoulder for a moment before the car streaked out of sight.

Every man who dabbles in the market to make a little easy money on the side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb.

On the eve of the `` great debate '' on the proposal to give the President broad powers to make across-the-board tariff concessions which could practically bring us into the Atlantic Community, we should face the alternatives on this proposition.

Mr. McKinley, for all his sprawling and his easy familiarity, was completely alert to his son, eyes always on the still face, jumping to anticipate Scotty's desires.

The basic equipment players are required to wear includes a pair of skates, a helmet, a mouth guard and, in the case of the goalkeeper, a face guard.

The new helmet and facemask are black just like the old ones, but when light hits the new ones a certain way, both the helmet and face mask will sparkle with a shiny teal appearance.

The head is protected by a stylized helmet, called, with a to protect the face, a series of hard leather and to protect the throat, and padded to protect the side of the neck and shoulders.

Polo helmet with face guard

Hair is generally cut straight across the forehead close to the eyebrows, with longer locks framing the face, cut following the cheekbones: this style resembles a helmet.

Additionally, the team pays tribute to other uniform features from their history by wearing a metallic white helmet, with a navy face mask, the newly revamped bolt in gold with navy and powder blue trim, and white pants.

Maximilian also gave a bizarre jousting helmet as a gift to King Henry VIII – the helmet's visor featured a human face, with eyes, nose and a grinning mouth, and was modeled after the appearance of Maximilian himself.

As Lauda was wearing a modified helmet, the foam had compressed and it had slid off his head after the accident, leaving his face exposed to the fire.

Bishop Odo brandishes his baton or mace and rallies the Norman troops in battle .< sup >( scene 54 )</ sup > To reassure his knights that he is still alive and well, William raises his helmet to show his face.

* Chainsaw protection ( especially a helmet with face guard, hearing protection, kevlar chaps, anti-vibration gloves, and chainsaw safety boots ).

Fielders are permitted to wear a helmet and face guard.

Sigurd removes the helmet of the warrior, and sees the face of a woman.

Howard was killed when a Lancastrian arrow struck him in the face after the face guard had been torn off his helmet during an earlier altercation with the Earl of Oxford.

** catcher's full face helmet

* Balaclava helmet — not really a helmet, a woollen face covering against cold, sometimes used for concealment

Image: White-helmets. jpg | full face and open face motorcycle helmet

The primary goal of a motorcycle helmet is to protect the rider's head during impact, although many helmets provide additional protection such as a face shield.

An open-face helmet will protect everything but the face.

A balaclava (), also known as a balaclava helmet or ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear that covers the whole head, exposing only part of the face.

Charles is shown sneaking through a field holding a helmet with a large plume up in front of his face in an effort to hide.