Word: crystalize
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...ruble is the coin of the realm. Having become a de facto Soviet satellite two years ago, the benighted nation is now in danger of becoming the de facto 16th republic of the U.S.S.R. That sorry prospect leaves the U.S. to polish its intelligence community's crystal ball and to rebuild the original "security perimeter" south of Afghanistan with new alliances, fresh diplomatic offensives, and reinforced military deployments. Of course, the U.S. can also hope that the Afghan guerrillas will eventually wear out the superior Soviet force in a war of attrition. The odds are against that, but then...
Ovshinsky also has been working on new materials that could replace, among other things, the silicon cells used to generate solar power, the electronic chips in computer and calculator memories and the light-sensitive chemicals in camera film. If looked at under a powerful microscope, a silicon crystal shows perfectly arranged patterns of atoms. Ovshinsky is working with "ovonic" materials that have disordered or amorphous atoms. He claims that if perfected, these substitute materials could serve just as well and would be much cheaper to make...
...Crystal Lee Sutton, whose life as a labor activist was depicted in the movie "Norma Rae," last night described the intimidation and difficulties she encountered while attempting to organize J.P. Stevens textile workers...
...word "collectibles" has entered the language. To the serious accumulator, a collectible is any object of intrinsic value and aesthetic appeal. Forget the bottle tops. The field by definition includes such esoterica as crystal paperweights and samurai swords, but anything that can loosely be called art draws the richest audience and the fiercest competition for ownership. And the area is continually expanding as fads and fashions change...
Then toss the crystal 'gainst the wall and watch the pieces...