Word: teething
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...publication dedicated to the worthy purpose of the better enjoyment of bright college years and the more efficient sowing of wild oats. In this monumental work, greeted by a thunderous silence, which runs the gamut of Harvard activities from A to B, the omission of a chapter on false teeth or orthodontia, is a heavy loss...
...says you, mention false teeth? Well, says I, false teeth, and eyeglasses too, are most important in the adolescent ramifications of sex--shades of Kraft-Ebing...
...little heroine had learned more than one trick on the street corners of her native haunt, so never despairing, she rallied those friends she had obtained for his friends and, one and all, they donned false buck teeth and eyeglasses of passing ugliness. It was, of course, arranged that if the boys were such as to really hit the spot, the disguises would come off quick as a wink, but strange to say the teeth stayed in, and equally strangely, the boys left. ("You know Amherst boys," the Freshman said...
...steps of its illustrious sire, the Carloca. "The Continental" as it is danced by Mr. Astaire and Miss Rogers will probably not be seen on many dance floors, but the phrase "we kiss while we're dancing" should win many followers. Without the straining of muscles and gritting of teeth that is usually a characteristic of tap-dancers, Mr. Astaire whirls about the floor with apparently effortless grace. He also exhibits a surprisingly pleasing singing voice, which many people usually overlook in favor of his pedal activities...
...linked to sterling through the economics of world trade. Down went the yen, so that Japanese exporters would not lose the markets they have lately gained. And when the international debate about the future of sterling grew raucous, Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain either lied in his teeth or confirmed the world's worst fears when he said, in effect, that old England gave not a tinker's dam what the value of sterling might be in dollars. Hope of stabilizing the world's currencies in the near future was stifled...