Word: acidopholus
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...Sweets. Jay's 18-year study of teeth has convinced him that (as many dentists now believe) the prime cause of tooth decay is a germ called Lactobacillus acidopholus. Found in saliva, it attacks teeth from the outside. Sugar is bad for the teeth because lactobacilli thrive...
Brightest bit of testimony came from Hearst's star witness, the egg-throwing Mrs. Ward. Under cross-examination by Lawyer John William Guider she admitted referring to Griffith as "lacto bacillus acidopholus-because he would sour the milk of human kindness"; and as a "dirty rotten turtle egg" because someone had told her that was the Chinese expression of supreme contempt...
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