Word: gummed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peking came delegations from both Lama factions, seeking the Red nod. First to arrive were gum-chewing, felt-hatted retainers of the Dalai Lama, who in December had fled his capital of Lhassa before the oncoming Chinese Red army (TIME, Jan. 8). Sitting in exile on India's border, the 16-year-old Lama had decided that it was better to rule under the Chinese Reds than not to rule...
...departed from standard practice in two ways. Instead of sterilizing the tooth with alcohol (which he feared might injure the blood clot necessary to hold the tooth in place), Dr. Slattery used aureomycin. Instead of ramming the tooth back into place by force (which he feared might injure the gum tissues), he inserted it as gently as he could, patiently held it in the socket for 20 minutes, while the first soft clot began to form around the roots. Finally, he sent Jan and his parents home with instructions...
...nation's capital. When the master of ceremonies introduced her ("the singing rage, Miss Patti Page"), Washington's big Capitol Theater rocked with wolf cries, whistles and cheers. In the wings, pretty, 23-year-old Patti, radiant in an orchid-colored strapless gown, sidetracked her gum back in her jaw, took a deep breath, switched on a neon smile and glided onstage...
Spotlight on Saratoga Springs. While Costello considered the consequences of his walkout, the committee turned its spotlight briefly on Saratoga Springs, just 30 miles from Governor Tom Dewey's capital at Albany. Saratoga Detective Walter Ahearn gulped, squirmed, and like to have swallowed his gum under Senator Tobey's outraged questioning, as he admitted that he regularly escorted the night's cash from the downtown bank to two gambling clubs. He got $10 a day for this service, he said, from the Piping Rock Club (where Costello used to own a piece) and $50 a week from...
Appetite. In Long Beach, Calif., doctors reported that two-year-old Janice Murphy was doing nicely, considering that she had breakfasted on: 1) a half-bottle of aspirin tablets, 2) a box of laxative gum...