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...Star Magic, a space-age gift shop in Manhattan, suggests drinking gem and tonic -- literally, water "on the rocks" -- to get a "crystal hit." The crystal, it seems, sends its vibes through the water, which then charges up the person drinking it. Even more practical advocates suggest placing a cluster of "charged" crystals inside a refrigerator to accelerate cooling and thus reduce the electric bill or -- better yet -- attaching a 3-in. crystal to an auto carburetor to save on gas mileage...
Undergraduates in the program will "perform their duties as interns" while pursuing studies in academic areas. Students will participate in "group seminars" to talk about the overall program, and will congregate in "cluster seminars" to discuss their specific work in Washington...
...visible light but in invisible X rays that every 11 1/2 minutes, like clockwork, momentarily become more intense. It was the brilliant radiation that enabled EXOSAT, a European X ray- detecting satellite, to find the binary stars, which were hidden from ordinary telescopic view in a globular cluster of stars 20,000 light years away from the earth...
...ecological preserves." The proclamation prohibits logging and agricultural development within an area of 11,000 acres around the monarch retreats and restricts development in buffer zones that encompass another 28,000 acres. In addition, the Ministry of Ecology bought about 2,000 acres of land where the insects actually cluster...
...news of secret U.S. dealings with Iran began to appear last week, attention inexorably turned to a cluster of suites in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House. They house a select band of globe- trotting staffers of the National Security Council, the executive agency that coordinates U.S. defense and foreign-affairs activities. Known for its bravado and love of derring-do, the small group conceived and ran the secret talks with Iran. While the group is part of a crisis-management team within the 46-person NSC staff, its freewheeling style has led Washington insiders...