Word: crystalizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...least one crystal ball is unclouded. Herman Finer, visiting lecturer on Government, predicted in June, 1944, shortly after D-Day, that the war in Europe would end when the Russian armies had taken Breslau, in German Silesia. Last January he weakened his prediction by saying that Breslau would fall late in February...
...Dumbarton Oaks draft enjoins the Security Council to encourage and work through "regional arrangements and agencies." But the proposals neither define "regional arrangements" nor draw a clear line between them and the master world-arrangement. On only one aspect of this question are the proposals crystal-clear: "No enforcement action should be taken under regional arrangements or by regional agencies without the authorization of the Security Council...
...Crystal Ball...
...rainbow sight is made by sandwiching a natural crystal or a synthetic sodium nitrate crystal between two layers of polarizing glass. Optical engineers of the Polaroid Corp., manufacturers of the sight, envision many uses for it. Camera fans have already found that it makes an excellent view finder...
...leave doesn't seem to have done everyone so much good. E. Hollis Busbice, the mindreader (of teachers' minds) in our Company 1, seems to be using a clouded crystal ball in his efforts at mental penetration this term. A few of his recent suggestions in Management have smacked of sheer desparation. But at least he has continued to smile (with all thirty-two visible) and to try his best...