Word: teeth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Foamy bones in their fresh grey teeth, 90 U. S. men-o'-war rolled out of the sunswept Gulf of Gonaives last week, skirted the heat-hazy shores of Haiti, furrowed their way up toward the Atlantic Coast. Far out in the empty sea, bos'ns' whistles suddenly piped all hands to the rails. Drums ruffled, trumpets flourished and while junior officers manned bridges with stadimeters to keep the vast armada precisely in line, bands crashed out the national anthem. Twenty-one times gunners tripped the breech blocks of the 6-pounders. These lonely pomps were...
...Teeth...
Near Gainesville, Ga., Blacksmith Hamby Patterson, 70, proudly flashed a set of homemade teeth, explaining: "When my teeth begun to ache, my grandson, he got a horseshoe nail and a hammer and knocked one out. Then I decided to make some pullers and do the rest of the job myself. After all my teeth was out, I made a mold on a brick. Then I melted things from the kitchen-a dipper, boiler, or anything-and made myself these brand new aluminum teeth...
...finish. Those who viewed it excitedly last week could not make up their minds whether Sonny Whitney had inadvertently stumbled upon a coming young painter who was destined to make a high mark for himself in U. S. art or whether Mrs. Whitney had received a gift horse whose teeth would not stand close and critical inspection...
...even the Declaration of Independence had no influence on Senators bent on passing the Stock Exchange Bill as the Administration wanted it. One by one all attempts at pulling its teeth were overridden with dispatch. When Wall Street heard that Ohio's Senator Bulkley had been able to pick up 30 votes, including Senator Carter Glass's, for an amendment banning all margin trading, the last slim hope for a moderate measure disappeared. Stock Exchange seats plummeted to $100,000, down $40,000 from last month, $90,000 from last February...