Word: teethe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Charles L. Singer, had been nominated to run the U.S. Assay Office in New York City, a $7,432.20-a year job traditionally earmarked for Tammany. Dr. Singer was deserving: he had twice been an elector for Franklin Roosevelt. He also knew what gold was; he had filled teeth with it. He was elated: "Imagine! A presidential appointment announced at the White House. It is quite an honor...
John was given four operations, spread over eight months. Surgeon Frank L. Meany built a new bridge for his nose and thinned his lips. All his misshapen teeth were pulled and he got false teeth. The usual cost of all this facial improvement would have been around $3,000; John paid only $35 for dental material...
...Poor Bob is annoyed with his teeth...
...advantage, Herndon says, is the time saved. For a neurotic schoolteacher, he did 42 fillings in three hours. A Washington business woman, who was just in a hurry, had ten teeth filled and five pulled during one appointment. The day may come eventually, thinks Dentist Herndon, when all dentistry will be done on unconscious patients...
...request of the Navy, which is responsible for many Pacific islands, the National Research Council sent Mollusk Expert Dr. Francis X. Williams to Africa to look for the big snail's enemies. In Kenya he found small, fierce, carnivorous snails boring into big achatinas with sharp, file-like teeth. He also found snail-eating beetles, and took both finds back to Hawaii, where they are still penned up carefully for observation. Some biologists fear that if the beetles and small snails exterminate the giant snails, they might look around for other food and become pests themselves...