Word: bicuspid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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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...
What makes the moon light up? What is a bicuspid? If you had a buck rabbit, would Nellie be a good name...
...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...
This New Deal for the rejected is a constructive idea, but it lacks clarity and completeness. It is patently unfair for a man to receive a permanent 1B to 4F exemption on the strength of a broken bicuspid or an ingrown toe-mail, especially if he really wants to enter one of the military services and is unable to pay the necessary medical bills. But under the voluntary provisions of F.D.R.'s plan many a man will retain his hernia and 4F classification rather than be cured and reclassified. Further, the large number of cases caused by malnutrition and improper...