Word: lingual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White Knight (Tom Hale) does a rap to cheer Alice while the other actors dance. The final ensemble number, a "lobster dance" set to Beethoven, is funny and very original. The act drags only during a mainly unintelligible "Jabberwocky Battle," which leaves the audience guessing at its multi-lingual signifigance...
Though the multi-lingual Rodriguez stands only 5-ft., 1-in. tall, she has a dominating presence. Her voice sparkles after years of training in speech and debate, an extracurricular activity that won her some 60 trophies in high school...
...more extensive smile repair or who risk losing their teeth because of overcrowding or bite problems, orthodontics offers a range of alternatives. Clear plastic braces, available for the past ten years, have made orthodontics more palatable to adults, who now account for 20% of the braces business. "Invisible," or lingual, braces, which are applied to the backs of teeth, are even less conspicuous, though some users complain of tongue irritation and mild speech problems...
...would pit the ethnically and racially diverse population of Cambridge against those of, for example, Pittsfield residents'. If the bill passes, he would submit his plan to state authorities, but if enough resources existed to develop the plan, Peterkin would not let the Board tell him that "the multi-lingual, multi-cultural education interferes with their computer literacy education...
Much of the credit for the new acceptance of adult braces must go to the invisible, or lingual, appliance, which offers an alternative to people who cannot face the world with a "tin grin." It was invented by Craven Kurz, 39, a Beverly Hills, Calif, orthodontist who once was a faculty member of UCLA Dental School. Some of Kurz's patients, among them actors, announcers and even Playboy Bunnies, had a professional investment in their smiles. "They were in a Catch-22 situation," explains Kurz. "They needed to have their teeth straightened, but they couldn't use conventional...