Word: gummed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everything about him reflected sexuality--the restless, roving energy; the aggressive skills; fastball pitching; home run hitting; the speed with which he drove cars; the loud rich voice; the insatiable appetite; the constant need to placate his mouth with food, drink, a cigar, chewing gum, anything...He received absolute physical joy from cards, golf, bowling, punching...
...march down to the shores of the Pacific to await the arrival of John Frum. This godlike figure, whose origin is shrouded in mystery, is a legendary black cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is expected to reappear from the surf some day with all the Jeeps and chewing gum and other marvels that G.I.s brought to the New Hebrides during World War II. John Frum never comes, but the people of Tanna take his continued absence in good spirit...
Goya's skill as a graphic artist was supreme--second only to his vivid imagination. He used an etched line and aquatint--a way of treating a plate with a grainy gum that results in variations in shade. With light and shade he highlights the horror of a hanged man's eyes or the sleazy expression of a prostitute's lips...
...staging a huge block party. "We danced those kids and we danced them until they fell over. We didn't stop until they were so exhausted they couldn't have picked up a bottle to throw to save their lives. We were holding this city together with bubble gum." In campaign jargon, this is "keeping the city quiet...
Some oral surgeons counsel caution on Small's staple, and Small inmself admits that he has encountered some minor gum infections in patients who have been fitted with the device. He also notes that there has been some slight resorption, or further deterioration, of the mandible of one patient who had a staple installed 61/2 years...