Word: crystalize
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Great Obscurity was a mere By product of a wonderful, computer regulated System of Organization whose construction had been superintended by Pallas, Goddess of Wisdom. She wished especially to favor the Wise Teachers who ruled here. And they, to honour Her, named the System "Crystal." Crystal, because it looked after time-wasting administrative Functions, left the Wise Teachers free to advise scholarly Publications of student Problems. Advising Students was a Problem for the Computer...
Programmed by Pallas with special Formulae, Crystal resolved even the most Delicate and Naive from among student Life's many Complications. A Compassion Formula, for example, pulled Variants of the Word "sorry" from an international Thesaurus, compared them with Extracts from the University's Book of Rules, and, depending on particular Circumstance, computed a proper Consolation...
...Henceforth a series of new Time began. The obscure Years ran in quiet Procession. Willing Students, without or without the Crystal of Pallas, knew their Lawful Lords...
Competing against a top national field a day later, Larry Carter, Harvard's Alpine captain, and Alan Watson sped down a difficult slalom course to grab 19th and 23rd, respectively, in the Holiday Classic at Crystal Mountain, Washington...
...University Committee on Governance is probably the most impressive sounding committee set up so far. It consists of thirty-five members drawn from throughout the University, including representatives from all the graduate schools. Its purpose is crystal clear: to suggest changes in the governance of Harvard University...