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...similarly tried to induce growth of native lunar organisms in a variety of environments established the absence of live or dormant organisms on the moon. Then careful microscopic examination of thin slices of lunar rock failed to reveal any remnants of fossils of once-living organisms. There were some crystal formations which resembled colonies of organisms but they were found to be caused by non-living natural processes...
Then, behind a procession of aides and bodyguards, came Heath and Pompidou, walking in step into the gilt and crystal glitter of the ballroom. Pompidou signaled Heath to precede him into the room. The two men seated themselves in Louis XIV armchairs on a raised dais, with Heath at the President's right...
...results together as "gothics," romantic suspense stories or romantic biography would be more descriptive. Under any heading, the genre comprises one of the few boom areas in a generally depressed publishing industry. In the past year or so, sales have almost doubled. Three notable examples-Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave, Victoria Holt's Secret Woman and Elizabeth Goudge's Child from the Sea -all spent a comfortable winter on the bestseller lists. For top gothics, paperback sales-the real and durable market-can run into the millions...
...describe his feelings as an only child living with his parents and grandparents in a small Pennsylvania town, John Updike once wrote, "The five of us already there locked into a star that would have shattered like crystal at the admission of a sixth." In this remarkable first novel published under her maiden name, Updike's 66-year-old mother quotes the passage reverently and adds, "Luckily the star was, in its small way, a navigational star...
...have to assume you've got some sort of crystal ball," Democratic Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin complained last week to George Shultz, director of the Office of Management and Budget. Proxmire could not understand how the Administration justified its projections of a huge rise in the U.S. economy this year. Replied Shultz: "We have a different way" of forecasting. Said Proxmire: "You haven't told us what...