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...sweet tooth has been with me since before I lost my first bicuspid, but my first cavity was only detected in the summer after my first year in college. That was the year that I maxed out on Cokes at breakfast. It was also during that first year that my father discovered Costco, in a big way. He sent me two-pound cartons of Swedish fish monthly, and though I was initially possessive with the gummies, soon my entire suite was chewing on the darling little minnows--breakfast, lunch and dinner. I should have seen the cavity coming...

Author: By Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, | Title: Sweet Dreams are Made of These | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

March. In Manhattan, Comedian Jack Carter reported that after his weekly television show he got a letter from a dentist: "I would like to call your attention to a dark spot in your upper bicuspid area . . . May I be of service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Audience Participation. In Manhattan, Comedian Jack Carter reported that after his weekly television show he received a letter from a dentist: "I would . . . like to call your attention to a dark spot in your upper bicuspid area . . . May I be of service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 28, 1949 | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

What makes the moon light up? What is a bicuspid? If you had a buck rabbit, would Nellie be a good name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: What Is a Bicuspid? | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...filled in the hollow. The results were gratifying, but not for long. After playing his instrument again, my patient was once again a picture of gloom. 'Doctor, my legato has improved . . . but now I lose my wind too quickly.' I partially closed up the arch in the bicuspid region. 'Fine,' said my patient after another experiment with his flute. [Then] the patient suddenly stopped and his face registered horror. 'Doctor, I'm losing my staccato...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Case of the Whistling Flutist | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

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