Word: teethes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Third Century, Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria, Egypt wrote to a colleague: "Apollonia the parthenos presbytis [elderly virgin] was held in high esteem. These men seized her . . . and by repeated blows broke all her teeth. They then erected outside the city gates a pile of fagots and threatened to burn her alive if she refused to repeat after them impious words. Given, at her own request, a little freedom, she sprang quickly into the fire and was burned to death...
...Rumpelstilskin, the poodle. He seemed a little frightened by the formidable little Pekingese, over which huge John Royce fluttered with a hairbrush. He paused long by white Spicy-piece who stood in marble stillness. He ran his fingers through the collie's long coat. He carefully examined the teeth, fore & hindquarters, neck, back and feathers of the setter pup, Daro of Maridor. As he put each dog through its paces, the crowd applauded to show preference: they favored the poodle, the precise terrier, the ridiculously proud dachshund and the young orange setter, gayest in motion. Down the line Judge...
...Terre Haute, Ind., Farmer William H. Wilson divorced his wife. Reason: she took his false teeth, held them for $2 ransom...
...Left. Suddenly, two months ago he pushed through measures which smack of a totalitarian state and make him virtual dictator of Mexico. In rapid succession he dissolved his and Mexico's majority party, reorganized it to give the peasants and the army control, thus pulling labor's teeth. Next he shook up his Cabinet to make it 100% Cárdenas, shifted army heads to tighten his hold on the military and cracked down on labor by deciding that "useless" strikes are outlawed and he personally will determine which strikes are "useless...
...harder to stomach the double-dyed snobbery of his fellows, the hyper-finickiness of aged guests. He was mighty glad to go to sea again. Three months after her maiden voyage he made a trip on the Queen Mary. It was his hardest job. Eighteen-hour shifts, plus the teeth-rattling vibration in crew quarters directly over the propellers, made him pine for land once more...