Word: crystalizing
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Many a pollster, politico, politico-ed last week looked long into a crystal globe, previewed the results of the Presidential election. Some prognostications: Edward J. Flynn: "Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . with a minimum of 427 electoral votes. . . . We allow [Willkie] a maximum of nine States - an aggregate of 58 votes." Joseph W. Martin Jr.: "Willkie and McNary will receive a minimum of 324 electoral votes ... the Republicans will capture at least 60 additional seats in the House. . . ." Pathfinder Poll (owner: Emil Hurja): "Willkie victory with 353 electoral votes ... he may get as many as 385. . . ." Joseph Dunninger (spiritualist investigator) : "Thomas Jefferson...
They got out their journalistic crystal balls, took a deep breath, and let themselves...
...fleet; its Washington Embassy equally flatly added: "There is no foundation whatsoever to the rumors of peace negotiations, territorial cessions by France to Germany or to Italy, use of French strategical bases by those powers, or curtailment of French sovereignty in any point of France or her Empire." The crystal balls were retired and irritated newshawks pestered the Vichy Government to say, if these things were not discussed, then what the dickens...
Composer Carpenter's new symphony was smooth and well-dressed as Composer Carpenter himself. Orchestra Hall rang with polite applause; politely Composer Carpenter took three curtain calls. Critics, praising its tuneful themes, its crystal-clear orchestration, were polite too, found it one of the most gentlemanly of symphonies...
...games get tougher as the weeks go by so Hu Flung Huey has to put a little more polish on the crystal ball. Huey can't see Tom Harmon running wild tomorrow afternoon, but he can't see any sort of a Harvard offense either. There may not be any scores until the second half. Michigan 20 Harvard 0 Boston College 20 Temple 7 Holy Cross 13 Carnegie Tech 7 Colgate 7 Brown 6 Dartmouth 14 Columbia 10 Tulane 13 Fordham 7 Georgic Tech 14 Notre Dame 13 Penn 20 Yale 0 Rentucky 20 Vanderbilt 7 Nebraska 7 Indiana...