Word: mouthes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other side of the peninsula, up north, the Chinese Reds had been doing some overwater work of their own. The U.S. Navy, after sitting on the details for four days, told how the Chinese had captured three small islands off the mouth of the Yalu. The islands had been occupied last spring by South Korean marines, and the enemy could guess that they were being used as radar and weather stations, and might become springboards for guerrilla activity against the mainland...
Dean Lyons' prescription: brush the teeth (salt and soda will do for a dentifrice) within "split minutes" after every meal, because sugar left in the mouth changes into acids within half an hour at most. "Carrying toothbrushes around ought to be just as acceptable as carrying combs, lipstick and powder...
...value of ammoniated pastes and powders, and of those containing chlorophyll and penicillin, has yet to be proved -beyond the fact that they promote mouth sanitation...
...article. Another prejudice-against the traditional two-line* "he & she" cartoon-led to the one-line caption, sharpened by a dozen rewrites. Ross was as captious about cartoons as about stories. Looking at a cartoon, he would growl: "Who's talking?" A character had to have his mouth wide open so the reader would know instantly who was talking. Though his profanity was as natural and unconscious as his breathing, he was puritanical about the printed word. He even barred such words as "armpit" and "pratfall...
Wandered into "New England's Largest Doll House." Doll behind counter was pouring orange juice down the mouth of one of the plastic dolls. "Then you just pull out this little pan and empty the doll, and she's ready for a refill." Made a hasty exit to the toy trains department...