Word: barker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sirs: ... I am interested in the young lady with the phenomenal teeth [TIME, July 17]. Though I do not profess to know what Dr. Barker might mean by "all the specifications,'' I do know that my teeth seem to be nearly perfect, and are considered quite unusual by my dentist. Contrary to the experience of Miss Price, however, I have always liked candy, ice cream, pie, and fruit, and have consumed plenty in my lifetime! IDA D. RICHARDS...
...Barker's specifications: "absolutely free from dental caries [decay] ... sized, shaped and set true and properly in the dental arch . . . proper shade, colorings and translucence to blend perfectly with the surrounding gum tissue, the eyes, hair and complexion . . . perfect cusps, grooves, pits, fissures and marginal ridges...
...Samuel George Barker, a Jefferson, Iowa dentist, was happy as an autograph collector who has just discovered a Button Gwinnett in his own attic. In last week's Journal of the American Dental Association, he told all about...
...that time, selling real estate was on a social par with selling patent medicine. Suckers were" lured with door prizes of "imported" china and junk jewelry, free lunches and a circus barker's side show. Joe Day revolutionized the business by 1) investigating and advertising his properties in advance; 2) discovering that a one-man side show by a man who knew his business sold more lots than all the free china he could stack...
...going-away present was given to Mrs. George N. Barker by the Navy wives. Bridge, knitting and rummy playing occupied the rest of the meeting...