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Word: dentists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yaaah! In San Jose, Calif., a woman left her dentist with her completely toothless mouth painted a bright purple, spotted a gentleman friend outside and playfully gave him a great big purple yawn, felt rather foolish when he turned out to be a total stranger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 11, 1947 | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...farm to tell him. that he couldn't have the car. The committee was generous about it. It gave 25-year-old Harvey Jones, an ex-G.L, his dollar back. Then the Kiwanians held another drawing, and this time the winner was a well-to-do white dentist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Cadillac for Harvey | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...United Press (14 hours ahead of the napping A.P.) took the story from there. Manhattan's underdog-loving PM launched a "Cadillac for Jones" fund. Kiwanis' national president, a North Carolinian himself, told the Ahoskie club to give Harvey a Cadillac. It wasn't easy. The dentist wouldn't give back his car, and Cadillacs are not easily come by. The Ahoskie Kiwanians finally placed an order (delivery date uncertain) for a Cadillac for Harvey. Said he wistfully: "I believe I'd rather have the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Cadillac for Harvey | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...Work. Hedda is one of the few columnists in Hollywood who has a downtown (Hollywood) office and a number listed in the phone book. The anteroom might well be that of a dentist who had fallen into a cavity and never managed to climb out. With its bare radiators, scarred doors and desks, signed photographs and careless gadgets, the whole suite resembles an oldtime theatrical booking agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Gossipist | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...bill (after first adding 10% to the charge). When his son went out from Denmark to join him in 1935, Dr. Eskelund's prestige was already high. Said the sign of one Chinese practitioner: "Dr. Chu, Dental Surgeon, former chief assistant to Dr. Eskelund, former dentist to the King of Siam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wayward Papa | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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