Word: crystal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Girl, often shown just after they have finished running in local theaters; sports events (e.g., a U.S.-Soviet track meet not carried on regular TV or even basic cable); and entertainment specials, often Las Vegas-type revues built around a single star such as Barry Manilow, Steve Martin or Crystal Gayle...
...Saturday morning, and Jim Smith stands at his stall in the Old Paris Flea Market, a recycled warehouse near Oklahoma City's railroad yards. Before him are tables laden with things to sell or swap: beer mugs, some tiny and some as big as umbrella stands, plus old bottles, crystal goblets and ceramic figurines...
...home water systems. But the exciting side of the industry that is attracting the larger companies is photovoltaics?the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity. The theory is simple. A wafer-thin, 3-in. to 4-in. plate or "cell' that is sliced from a chemically treated silicon crystal will give off direct-current electricity when exposed to light. The amount that comes from each cell is minute, but many cells can be wired together in rooftop units to provide a maintenance-free, long-lasting, nonpolluting power source. During the day the cells simultaneously produce electricity and charge up batteries...
...establishment is represented by truly Establishment figures clad in uptight strait-laced uniforms of preppie pink satin and navy pin stripe, a glossy Chivas Regal wealth versus patched jeans-adolescent revolt. It's fun to watch Treat Williams traipsing across an elaborately laid banquet table, trying to maximize shattered crystal in his path. It's not to be taken seriously, and thereby doesn't offend our sophisticated Seventies cynicism...
Whether or not Matthiessen realizes he is caught in this bind of his own making is unclear. He does, however, know that though he walked away from Crystal mountain a somewhat changed person he didn't walk away a transformed man, as he set out to do. He knows that the snow leopard confounded...