Word: crystalize
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Space between the planets looks crystal clear to the unscientific eye. But there is indirect evidence that a very thin gas pervades at least some parts of it. Scientists have argued for years about this tenuous stuff: one theory holds that interplanetary space is filled with "resident" gas that has nothing to do with the planets; another claims that the outer fringe of the sun's glowing corona sometimes reaches out as far as the earth's orbit. The issue remained in doubt for the simple reason that no one had actually sampled interplanetary space, but in Britain...
...first seeing TIME'S cover picture of Senator Lyndon Johnson, I thought it in good taste to thus pay tribute to a good loser. A few hours later, Johnson's V.P. nomination made it appear that TIME must use a crystal ball to decide such matters. This brought home to me the dilemma that must face the editor in choosing the cover picture for an edition that must roll off the press before the nomination and reach the newsstands after the choice has been made. Senator Johnson's cover picture uniquely demonstrates TIME'S ability...
...prospects for further improvement are good." Moving Sideways. In its July monthly letter, the First National City Bank of New York cautiously clouded its crystal ball, noted that "the good and bad ele ments in the business news have continued roughly in balance in recent weeks and the overall measure of activity has moved broadly sideways." In San Fran cisco, James Black, chairman of Pacific Gas & Electric, the West Coast's largest public utility, took a serious view of the economy's uncertainty, said it spurred the kind of "depression-maybe" talk that was last heard...
...gypsy getup, with a fake topaz ring and a black velvet hood for her crystal ball, she looks the part, and a wily young Italian named Guido helps her play it. A kind of surrogate son, Guido cases clubs and fairs beforehand, and supplies her with the knowledgeable tidbits that later pass for revelations...
...this has the makings of the good gay farce that Novelist Fifield has chosen not to write. As the crystal ball clouds, the plot turns metaphysical. The countess half-believes in contact with a psychic realm that goes far beyond trickery or even telepathy. At a table-rapping seance, the countess herself is taken aback when her dead son's voice materializes. Finally, her crystal ball reveals tragedy in a bull ring, and a picador is killed...