Word: teething
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Teeth...
...elections that have marked the brief career of the German Republic, that of Sunday was most significant. Two facts stand out in the news of an overwhelming liberal victory: first, that the chauvinist Nationalist party, with its semi monarchical leanings and its vengeful grinding of teeth is unsatisfactory to the nation: second, that Germany is willing to go beyond a mere chiding of its die hard by militarists by supporting the pacifistic and conciliatory policies of Foreign Minister Sudesmann...
...single bark might sacrifice a bite, so the bull dog shuts his mouth, grits his teeth and concentrates upon the job at hand...
Paradoxically the drafter of Britain's ultimatum and threat to intervene was Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain who recently received a Nobel Peace Award (TIME, Dec. 20, 1926). In the House of Commons, last week, Sir Austen bared his imperfect teeth in a wolfish smile when Opposition back benchers shouted that he was "Bullying Egypt!" With the crisis safely passed, however, he beamingly announced that Empire sea hounds Warspite and Valiant had been ordered back to their kennel at Malta...
...discover the owner and have found any number of candidates, they can find no one able to identify the bill definitely. A brand new suit was unearthed from the pile, but before it could be spirited away by an aspiring colector, a student, showing sings of much gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair, burst into the building and carried off the garment in triumph...