University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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f iM r •1 F i i. i ' ; -? Damned machine! ' U.S.C.. B.S. 1976 Tasic on his way to school. Portrait of the Dentist as a Young Man ... or Mikey ' s Complaint ... or The Saga of Drobar Chovik ' Partner! What time is it? . . . Partner! Partner! What do we do next? . . . Notches: Betty Jo. Stick woman. Shelly, Gordona, Shirley. Candy. Dr. Hubbs Viva las margaritas! ' . . . Smiley ' s breath rushed forth with a hoarse gasp as if he had been punched in the gut. Smiley ' s countenance burned crimson and tears came to his eyes as he choked. That ' s the G--d--est excuse for a tooth I ' ve eber seen! It looks like a f— ing fish. Using his thumb and forefinger Smiley flipped Mikes ill-fated first tooth out the window. Mike ' s countenance immediately fell as his central sailed under his nose and into the morning air. An instant later he whinced at the crisp Snap! of wax meeting cement thirty feet below. Smiley stutter-stepped the chair, stiff armed the trash can, and disappeared ■ - . Partner, what time is it? Partner! Look! I got an ■A on my tooth! An A partner! Mash-ku peech-ku! I knew it was good! Skinn-missus-squirtza! . ' Yes, one is best advised to marry a virgin ... Perhaps I will marry. Perhaps I will not . . . I am doing O.K. I have 4 perio surgeries ... ■•| am doing O.K. I have 8 perio surgeries . . . ' I am doing O.K. I have 12 perio surgeries ... I would stop chasing women if it would get me out of this place! . . . ' On second thought, perhaps I would rather not get out . . . But Dr. Mertcheff. I got an A in occlusion ... The common man will be happy with a cold beer and a color TV. Therefore. .. will always be oppressed . . . These men will do the job: Reagan, Wallace, Schmidt, Maddox. Buckley ... out-in-out-in-out-in: to the left. MOVE! Here lies Mikey Foiled by a class III cavity. To his friends he was fair. His girlfriends he did share. Alas, we will miss him for eternity. R.I. P. What time is it. partner? Thanks, partner! . . I like you too. Mike . . . Of course my patient ' s not smoking, he ' s already high. Your bridge is in here somewhere with these cigarette butts, old saliva ejector ...

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University of Hawaii This is my sidel ick, he ' ll polish the alloy. ' That stupid Vince left his fishing reel In here again. You say you don ' t like the way he ' s holding his handpiece. Alan who hails from Hawaii entered USC dental school with the hope of becoming the best dentist among the engineers (engineering degree from the University of Hawaii). In the MDL he was quiet and fast, he never stayed late, nor did he ever have any difficulties except some minor mishaps which he greeted with a loud sh . . . t, and that was the only reminder to the rest of us that he was still there. Alan hated LA. and wanted to get away so badly that one time during the sophomore operative final he got done so fast that while the rest of us were still curving our class ll ' s, Alan was on the plane to Hawaii dreaming of beautiful beaches and even more beautiful women. After school one could always see Alan wearing slippers with an aloha shirt, and drinking beer at 901 with the guys laughing with his most unique laugh even at the dumbest jokes. Alan was fast, efficient, and ready to help his fellow student with an advise or a particularly difficult procedure. I will always treasure his friendship, and so will the others who had the privilage to know him. He plans on opening a practice in Hawaii after graduation, and we all wish him success knowing that he will undoubtedly be the best at whatever he undertakes. ALOHA, and good luck.

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Dan and his homework. Ya, I just had a pizza across the street, why? I , c.k» -| i ' - Wa JwS. eyu ' l . ' - t i t,tyi,ljAt yiv, Smiley once said: you cannot be a good dentist without having been a football player. (He also said Whafs a groove? ' ) but that ' s off the subject. History proved him right at least in my partner ' s case. Organization, neatness, some more organization. Sitting next to him was like Tampa Bay having practice sessions with the Dallas cowboys. I was faking on the weak side while he ran up the middle. We had our differences, but politically it was Reagan all the way. It was nice sitting next to someone who was almost to the right of you. Dan tried to set me on the Right moral path too, but unfortunately I had already learned of the profits of sin. It was easy for him to say. He already had a beautiful wife (on which I congratulated him many times), and soon two very beautiful kids. While I was constantly chasing . . . , but I didn ' t make out bad either. My partner speaks Chinese fluently, and only his size disguise one from concluding that he is a native of Hong Kong. I have also taught him rudimentary Serbian, except that what I taught him he already has at home. On the other hand I cannot very well teach what I an not familiar with. Good luck partner, bend those wires but never forget the most important thing in life, after all a good duck is heaven-sent. ... I can ' t breathe or talk but the tie looks pretty good. ■ ' I know that superglue is in here somewhere. ¥