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...capitol press room. Some show an appealing honesty. "Before I give you the benefit of my remarks," intoned one lawmaker, "I'd like to know what we're talking about." Others mangle metaphors. "From now on, I'm watching everything you do with a fine-tooth comb." Some don't add up at all. "Two and two don't make four in my book." Then there are the sayings that show a bit too much Freudian slip. "There comes a time to put principle aside and do what's right," goes one quote...
Packer said that when he tried to protest, the police turned on him and began to best him. His friend, Martha Kramer, then tired to interfere and the police" threw her against the wagon and she subsequently lost her front tooth," Packer said...
...vary minutely in their spacing and contour, depending on the dynamics and frequency of the music on them. Lintgen says that grooves containing soft passages look black or dark gray. As the music gets louder or more complicated, the grooves turn silvery. Percussive accents are marked by tiny "jagged tooth marks." The doctor correlates what he sees with what he knows about music, matching the patterns of the grooves with compositional forms. In a way, it is like reading a graph of a given work's structure. What is amazing about Lintgen is that he can read...
...teeth permanently discolored by smoking, foods or drugs. Capping can camouflage the same conditions, but bonding can also anchor metal bridges containing replacements for missing teeth or orthodontic braces that use plastic brackets in place of metal bands. Capping is generally avoided in the case of children because the tooth is not fully formed. Bonding has no such problem. Says Berman: "Children are always falling down and breaking their teeth. Bonding is an absolute godsend...
Dentists are most cautious about the new laminate veneers. Says Dr. Cornells Pameijer of Boston University: "I don't use it. It gives the tooth a dead look." Another concern, says Dan Nathanson of Tufts dental school in Boston, is that the shields tend to fall off: "If you have six teeth with plastic veneers, there's a good chance you'll lose one within a year...