Word: decay
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...saline-plasma solution. For the National Apple Institute, promoting apples for refreshment, he mounted a human tooth in plastic, kept two cameras on it for a year, taking shots every 2½^ hours as the tooth was bathed in a popular soft drink. Result: a movie of progressive tooth decay...
...scores of actions that were self-repressed--meetings that were never held, research conclusion never expressed, political activity never taken up, humanitarian caused that failed because teachers were afraid a sign their names to anything. The political stagnation on American campuses is as much a testimony to the decay of academic freedom as any fired professor or loyalty oath...
...Archbishop laid in her hands the Sovereign's Sword-to "do justice, stop the growth of iniquity, protect the holy Church of God . . . restore the things that are gone to decay, maintain the things that are restored, punish and reform what is amiss, and confirm what is in good order." The Queen took the Sword, advanced with it to the altar and offered it to God. Turning, she stole a glance at the royal gallery, where her 4-year-old son Prince Charles, in a white silk suit, watched enraptured. She paused and returned to the chair...
Last week Romulo announced that he had resigned his diplomatic jobs and would battle President Quirino for the Liberals' presidential nomination. He was running, said his letter of resignation, because "political confusion, social decay, and a noticeably growing lack of public confidence in government have created a . . . grave national peril." Replied Quirino the next day: "I have decided for the nomination and I shall get it." Countered Romulo, no longer polite to his former boss: "This is the Führer speaking...
...into the matrix of dental tissues. Methods have already been developed by scientists at the School for separating the organic matrix from the inorganic. In addition, work is being done on the relation of diet to dental health. Investigators have found diets for rats that help of binder tooth decay...