Word: teething
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...million Number of rural Chinese who have never brushed their teeth, according to a government survey of dental health...
...reports that Riversleigh - then a cattle station, now part of Lawn Hill National Park - might contain valuable fossils. And it did - in the same way that the Louvre could be said to house some nice paintings. Riversleigh has since provided an annual bounty of exquisitely preserved bones and teeth, the remains of creatures - fish, frogs, crocodiles, turtles, snakes, birds, marsupials, bats - that lived anywhere up to 25 million years ago, when Riversleigh was a thriving rainforest in a cooler, wetter (and more southern) Australia. In so doing, the site has filled in what were once gaping holes in our understanding...
Each year Americans drink, on average, nearly 600 cans of soda apiece. What does that do to their teeth? Professor J. Anthony von Fraunhofer of the University of Maryland Dental School decided to find out. Fraunhofer and dental student Matthew Rogers took 20 healthy teeth extracted for orthodontic or periodontal reasons, cut them into tiny blocks of tooth enamel and exposed the blocks to a variety of popular soft drinks, including Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Canada Dry ginger ale and canned Arizona iced tea. All the drinks weakened or permanently destroyed the enamel. Diet sodas were just...
...arguably need the money more - so you can see Schreyer's point. But last week Britain refused to budge, calling the rebate "unnegotiable." The dissent has teeth: Britain has the power to veto any proposed changes to the structure of E.U. funding. "I suspect the U.K. will be able to retain the rebate," says Robert Prior-Wandesforde, a European economist at HSBC. Last week the European Commission also celebrated a court ruling confirming that members must abide by the stability and growth pact, which mandates that euro-zone countries keep deficits under 3% of GDP. Germany and France - the euro...
...really—me and my three buddies from high school in Row J, Section 300, along with that weird guy on my right who came by himself—but he looked directly at me, I felt, and wouldn’t stop baring his teeth, grinning like a million bucks. I’m all for being friendly—especially with the kin of potential NBA royalty—but what the hell was wrong with this...