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...aspirin to antibiotics. It is importing U.S.-manufactured oil-drilling equipment from Rumania and could obtain spare automobile parts from a General Motors Corp. assembly plant in any third country. True, the shops in Tehran may no longer be able to stock imported items like detergents, disposable diapers and tooth paste, and there are occasional shortages of bread, eggs, meat and other items. But otherwise, there is scarcely any sign in the city of the U.S. economic squeeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Good Will Toward Men? | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...into conspicuous consumption, you can always opt for edible presents. N-M has what they call a "Sweet Tooth"--one pound of solid chocolate shaped like a molar, roots and all, costs...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: All I Want for Christmas......Is A Blimp or Two | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...schoolboys in question have been around since the early '30s, when Sidney Joseph Perelman first began publishing his superbly crafted hilarity in the pages of The New Yorker. The magazine's readers soon developed a tart tooth for Perelman's brand of satire, a mix of burlesque and Joycean wordplay boldly colored by a fastidious disdain for the fake, the tawdry and the pompous. Even the titles of Perelman's "bits of embroidery," as he called his pieces, set new boundaries for comic absurdity: Somewhere a Roscoe; Beat Me, Post-Impressionist Daddy; Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: S.J. Perelman | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Midway through the first half, it seemed that someone had jinxed the Crimson as both Gia Johnson and St. Louis received blows from Princeton players. Johnson took a knee to the mouth which pushed back one tooth and cut a gash on the inside of her lip that required seven stitches. Minutes later, a Princton defensman caught St. Louis' leg when both brought their knees up to meet a waist-high bouncer, forcing the Crimson star to the sidelines with a bruised knee. Both players are expected to play on Tuesday against Massachusetts...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Booters Blossom, Strip Tigers, 4-0 | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Cavities are not the primary cause of tooth loss as most people believe, Jeffcoat said, adding that although more dangerous, is far more difficult to diagnose in its early stages...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Researchers Find Periostitis Deterrent, Stymie Primary Cause of Tooth Loss | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

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