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Word: mouthfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cars for top brass. In Washington, he saw President Harry Truman, presented him with a handsome gold encrusted bombilla (the gourd from which maté is drunk) on behalf of Perón. When he got back to Buenos Aires, Oliva Paz found Perón's mouth in worse shape than ever. The effects of a bad case of pyorrhea were beginning to show. He lanced the gums, then Perón demanded a specialist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Open Wide | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Tylman (peering into Perón's mouth) : "You have one of the worst pyorrhea cases I have ever seen. The treatment you have been receiving is incredibly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Open Wide | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...piano player, he's doing the best he can," "To err is Truman," "I'm just mild about Harry." Eastern wags even gibed at his farmer's habit of rising early: he did it only to have more time to put both feet in his mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Fighter in a Fighting Year | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...mouth of a Communist, these words seemed strange. Indeed, one Comrade Nemeth wrote to the Communist Szabad Nep that he and his fellow workers were astounded. The paper replied curtly: "The mistake Comrade Nemeth made is that he believes the organized agents of reactionary forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: I Forgive Them | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

Latest news from the psychosomatic front: many cases of trench mouth and inflammation of the gums start out as inflamed emotions. Said Research Assistant Sol J. Ewen of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: dentists should open up a little wider, get a mouthful of psychiatry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Down in the Mouth | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

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