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...Warren Wacker, a new tongue depressor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Blessing | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

...anyway, by exhibiting gifts from his bag: a special award from the Optimists Club for Harold Stassen; a book of one-syllable words for William F. Buckley Jr.; an electric blanket for Frank Sinatra; a surfboard for General de Gaulle, to be used as a tongue depressor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: The Comedian as Hero | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

This fluke, three minutes into the game, was not taken too seriously, but the Quakers put together a more authentic depressor eleven minutes later...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Quakers Shut Out Harvard, 3-0, To Break 4-Way Ivy Soccer Tie | 11/6/1967 | See Source »

...Sweat performs as well as spittle, and all a pitcher has to do is mop his brow on a steamy afternoon to make the ball misbehave. Gaylord Perry, who won 21 games for the San Francisco Giants in 1966, is more theatrical: he uses his fingers as a tongue depressor. Detroit's Dennis McLain (1967 record: 16-14) and California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Long, Wet Summer | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

...When he isn't around, Ah git such a sweetly sa-yud emptiness that it jest cree-yups through the crannies of man beein'. It's got me plum' discombobulated." Observes Dr. Cheswick (Peter Fonda), with face as straight (and wooden) as a tongue depressor: "I like the way you say things, Tammy-it's so unusual." In line of duty, Sandra proves to be a Florence Nightmare. She discovers a patient in the process of operating his neck-traction rig, dashes into the room to cut down what she diagnoses as a would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Florence Nightmare | 7/12/1963 | See Source »

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