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...Crystal Balls. A wave of fascination with the occult is noticeable throughout the country. It first became apparent a few years ago in the astrology boom, which continues. But today it also extends all the way from Satanism and witchcraft to the edges of science, as in Astronaut Edgar Mitchell's experiment in extrasensory perception from aboard Apollo 14. In this area, serious researchers in the field of parapsychology are increasingly interacting with devotees of such claimed occult gifts as prophecy and telepathy to probe the powers of the human mind. Indeed, the very word occult?denoting hidden knowledge, secret...
...ritual robes, amulets, special incense made from herbs, and crystal balls (large size, $25; small...
...styles and prices. No longer. Whole new types of watches have hit the $3-billion-a-year world market in the frenzied competition to lure buyers. Some of the new models are called "automatic," meaning selfwinding; others are battery-powered and are variously called "electronic," "solid state" and "quartz crystal." Still another timekeeping development is about to reach the jewelry store. Early next year Longines will begin selling a "liquid crystal digital" (LCD) watch that is battery-powered and displays the hour, minute, second and date in digits on a miniaturized TV-like screen. The cost: about...
What clouded the crystal ball? With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, it seems that political reporters looked too hard at the candidates and their strategies and not hard enough at the changing mood of the electorate. "The press," concedes Editor John Seigenthaler of the Nashville Tennessean, "missed the depths of voter disenchantment." To his credit, the Post's Broder identified a general malaise among voters that might hurt Muskie, and with a colleague sniffed out the Senator's problems in New Hampshire just before the voting there. But these findings had little impact until primary results began...
...number of other men in other professions. The woman who casts delight on the evening is Carrie Nye. Too long absent from the New York stage, she confers not only her blonde good looks on both plays, but what too many other actresses neglect to cultivate: a crystal voice and a queenly bearing.-T.E.K...