Word: teethes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stadium was a Harvard enthusiast whose hearty cheers always seemed to end rather unorthodoxly in a jumble of gurgles, splutters, and smothered rattles. After Harvard's second touchdown his cheer rose like unto the sereech of a siren. When his voice fell it was too late, for his false teeth had already fallen, presumably into the mess of feathers, flora, and surrealist architecture which some women's hat-maker is probably proud of. At least that was where he looked for it, much to the consternation of the woman thereunder...
...southern darkness, a, deep bronze brown, like her bare arms. . . . She began her strange rites in a 'voice full of shoutin' and moanin' and prayin' and sufferin', a wild, rough Ethiopian voice, harsh and volcanic, released between rouged lips and the whitest of teeth, the singer swaying slightly to the rhythm...
...possible to distinguish a white thread from a black one by natural light - no good Moslem eats, drinks or has intercourse with women. Fanatic Moslems believe that their fast is broken if they swallow even their spittle, or let a trickle of water into their throats when cleaning their teeth. Especially holy are the last ten days of Ramadan, during which falls the "Night of Glory" (or "Power") when God is believed to be releasing the greatest number of souls from Hell. Since it has never been revealed which particular night is the Night of Glory, Moslems must be strict...
...cheaply a second-hand automobile. The furniture has lasted, except for three of the chairs; the automobile did not last. He does not own anything else, except a change of clothes and a few odds and ends. His wife cuts his hair; he pulls the children's teeth when they begin to bother." Last year he made, all told, a total...
These happenings showed that the safety-at-sea law passed last year had teeth. By these terms all U. S. ships carrying 50 or more passengers were required to install, by July 1, 1937, automatic sprinkler systems or gain exemption by such other safety devices as steel decks, electric fire detection, patrols, manual alarms and an ample complement of fire extinguishers. The 109 U. S. Merchant Marine ships affected included the whole famed, globe-encircling Dollar Line and its subsidiary, the American Mail Line. Three months' extension was added to the effective date-making the deadline Oct. 1. While...