Word: gummed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are no fixed prices in the bubble-gum-card market. "It's like investing in stocks and bonds," says Collector Nagy, who is a mechanic by trade. He has turned down offers of $1,500 to $2,000 for his prize card, a 1910 Honus Wagner. One of Reuss's most treasured cards is the first Bob Feller, issued by the now extinct Leaf Gum Co. in 1948. It was worth $35 until several other originals turned up, dropping its price to only...
...Monthly Magazines. Most collectors get their new cards from Topps chewing-gum packages or Kellogg's cereal and Milk Duds candy boxes. Collections are diversified by trading at conventions or by mail. Some of the most valued cards have been found moldering in attics and garages. Some collectors run their own auctions, notifying fellow enthusiasts through monthly card magazines such as Trader Speaks and Who's Who in Card Collecting...
Periodontal disease, the bacteria-related deterioration of the gum and bone tissue that holds the tooth's root in place, is an almost universal ailment. At least 85% of all people over 40 suffer from it to some extent, and it is the chief reason why adults lose teeth. Dentists routinely treat serious cases with "resective therapy"-removing diseased tissues and sometimes putting in dentures. An occasional alternative involves root-canal work. Now three Denver dentists are offering some patients a third choice. In experimental operations, they have been tapping their patients' hips for marrow to save their...
...hospital in the morning to donate their own bone marrow. Under local anesthesia the marrow is taken from the hip through a hollow needle. Later the same day they go to the dentist's office, where the marrow is implanted. The procedure, which involves laying back the gum and cleaning the lesion around the tooth before filling it with bone marrow, rarely takes more than half an hour...
GETTING TOGETHER (ABC). Screen Gems and Bernard Slade, creators of The Partridge Family, are tightening their choke-hold on the teeny-bop audience. Pop Idol Bobby Sherman (Bubble Gum and Braces) is the sure draw as the composer in an unsung songwriting team. He is also guardian of his twelve-year-old sister (Susan Neher), who serves as housekeeper for him and his sappy live-in lyricist (Wes Stern), to the agitation of local social workers. The series' premise is a rather icky wicket, and Simon and Garfunkel the boys are not. But, as in The Partridge Family...