Word: teethe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...phosphate plants have rained down on nearby citrus groves, ranches and gladiolus farms. Orange and lemon trees that absorbed the fluorides produced smaller yields, and gladioli turned brown and died. A national air-pollution symposium reported that cattle grazing on grass that was contaminated with the fluorides developed uneven teeth that hindered chewing and joints so swollen that many of the animals could not stand. Fluorides have also etched windowpanes, giving them the frosted appearance of a light bulb...
...probably sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide, which, either in gaseous form or converted into sulphuric-acid mist, can irritate the skin, eyes and upper respiratory tract. Extreme exposure, such as might occur in an industrial accident, can do irreparable damage to the lungs-and even attack the enamel on teeth...
...foreign commitments, the President offered no reason for retrenchment or retreat. On the contrary, his proposals for the coming year envision a continuing if judicious expansion of past and present canons: further development of the model-cities program, extension of Medicare, strengthening of the Head Start program, new teeth in consumer protection, more national beautification, improved partnership between federal and local governments...
...late, my boy. The little shards of bone from your father's temple will be scattered around this lavatory floor like the bloody roots and broken crowns of extracted teeth...
...fact, Congress has no choice but to grit its teeth and bear Powell for another two years. Where the Congress should act, and act quickly, is in taking measures to make sure that the present dilemma does not repeat itself in the future...