Word: crystalize
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...Crystal Clear. In Philadelphia, after Western Union Manager Stephen Stolarski dreamed of being held up, he arrived at his night job early, hastily banked $1,000 in daytime receipts, was held up two hours later by a gunman who made off with $800 in late receipts...
...broadcasters interviewed this correspondent for "the student's view" of Conant. Later, using his speech "A Chemist Looks into His Crystal Ball," the station interpreted it as a sign that Conant is an optimist in the good sense of the word...
...Claret & Crystal. War's end brought Templer full generalship, knighthood, and elevation to the Imperial General Staff. But his proudest preferment is his colonelcy of the Royal Irish Fusiliers...
Templer is the perfect picture of a British regular soldier: an austere, stiff-backed autocrat in uniform-and in mufti a bit of a dandy. He lived elegantly in London's Belgravia and became a connoisseur of claret, crystal and ijth century books. But in the company of his old war comrades he could relax. Says one: "He'll bring along an elderly fellow in civilian attire and introduce him to the officers as 'You remember Sergeant So-and-So. He and I fought together at So-and-So.' Sometimes if you happen to mention...
Today Piper's paintings contain nearly equal parts of the abstract crystal and the amorphous potato: precise landscapes splashed with blocks of colors that happen to interest him. When Piper finds a combination he likes, he uses it again & again. He continues to look for new combinations and new techniques. His spare time lately has been spent with wax-crayon colors and in floating paint on water in a bathtub, then lifting off the bright swirling patterns on to a piece of paper. He will have a Manhattan show next year, and is "fiddling around" between. themes...