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Word: crystalize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which had been arranged to coincide with publication of a handsome, expensive and definitive study of Fabergé and all his works: Peter Carl Fabergé (Batsford; $35). The exhibition included everything from coffee pots to vodka cups, from imperial seals to paper knives, and from jeweled flowers in crystal vases to a green jade Buddha that nodded its head and wagged its ruby tongue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Imperial Eggs | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...closely guarded throughout the trial), work over law books until time for court, lunch in his chambers on spinach and one lamb chop (never any variation), nap for half an hour, back to court, back to his chambers for an hour's more work, thence to the Crystal Health Club for a workout, shower and massage, home at 7:15 for two Martinis apiece for wife Ethel and himself, dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Presence of Evil | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...Crystal Ball...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Cambridge Fights to Unsnarl Traffic | 9/30/1949 | See Source »

Harvard had not played Columbia in New York since 1902 and had not played a major game in Gotham for well over a quarter of a century. There was no precedent to go by. Lunden was driven to a crystal ball for his prediction of Harvard fan attendance at an early season away game. He made the unfortunate assumption that undergraduates would not want to go to an away game the first Saturday after they arrived in College. So he decided to sell tickets first come, first served...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 9/27/1949 | See Source »

...Hats, decided on Montgomery (reportedly at $5,000 per week) when Lee ended its 3½-year tie-up with Gossipist Drew Pearson. Asked his opinion of his predecessor, Montgomery replied with a brisk "No comment." But he admitted that "I'm not going to use a crystal ball on this program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: No Crystal Ball | 9/19/1949 | See Source »

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