Word: teeth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seeth and grit your teeth, forced to put, no hide, the Ivy League winner somewhere in your bracket...
...There is no room here for student input," says Anabella C. Pitkin '90 of the Women's Alliance. "I am sure they know a lot more about running a University than I do, but this report is very idealistic. This is a very nice report, but it has no teeth...
...Well, Bob," I muttered through my teeth, "if I knew I wouldn't be asking." I racked my brains--the computer booklets have nothing about this sort of situation in them--and resorted to Bob again. He hinted that I needed to press a specific button. I hit "break" for lack of any other option; it worked...
...Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), which pervades Boston and most American urban areas, is a formidable creature. It has gnawing teeth and jaw muscles that bite with the force of 12 tons per inch -- on a par with a shark. It will eat almost anything, and has been known to attack human babies. Some of the Boston rats have lived their entire lives underground, and no one knows how they will behave when exposed to the cultural opportunities of aboveground Boston...
Last week researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas announced a promising new way of increasing bone density that seems to reverse the effects of spinal osteoporosis. The treatment relies on sodium fluoride, the chemical used by dentists to strengthen teeth and in toothpaste to prevent cavities. When the drug was tested years ago as a treatment for osteoporosis, it produced severe side effects like stomach bleeding, and while the fluoride caused bones to thicken, they were still easily broken. But the Texas researchers tried giving patients slow-dissolving fluoride pills that released the drug only...