Word: crystalize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gifts of Russia's wealthy classes; the largest and costliest eggs were reserved for the reigning Romanovs. Three handsome examples (opposite) are the gold and lapis lazuli egg, with a miniature portrait of Czarevitch Alexis, given by Nicholas II to his Czarina in 1912; the fabulous rock crystal egg (at top), which contains a revolving gallery of twelve gold-framed miniatures capped with a perfect, 27-karat Siberian emerald; and the engraved gold egg which opens to eight painted panels showing favorite imperial charities...
After missing nine out of nine last year the old Clocker Spaniel hesitantly dusts off his Crystal Ball for his predictions on the local horse racing opener at Lincoln Downs. Nine races are on tap, with the track listed as slow...
...from 1900, when King, at 25, became Canada's Deputy Minister of Labor, until his death in 1950 after nearly 22 years as Prime Minister (a British Empire record), he had a hand in every key Canadian development. At his death he gave his Ottawa residence, Laurier House, crystal ball and all, as a museum and place of historical research. He left the 500 rolling acres of Kingsmere, ruins and all, to be added to the adjoining Gatineau National Park. Tens of thousands of Canadians now visit the two places, learning to think of their colorless Prime Minister...
...therefore, issuing instructions that the Seventh Fleet no longer be employed to shield Communist China. Permit me to make crystal clear-this order implies no aggressive intent on our part. But we certainly have no obligation to protect a nation fighting us in Korea...
...Crystal Ball. In Philadelphia, after calling on a fortune teller named Madame Carr who told him that he was about to sign an important paper, Plainclothesman John Jones walked straight to police headquarters, signed an affidavit for her arrest...