Word: crystalizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Incompatibility. In Detroit, Mrs. Marie Kohn, suing for divorce, declared that her husband Hassin, a professional fortuneteller, would give her no mystic love philters, declined to look into the crystal ball to solve their problems, refused to read or even hold her hand...
...longed to know what people were wearing in America. ... It ... might have been Paris, or London, or New York - any place where you find those inter nationals who are still interested in inter national fashion, gossip and an international way of life. The setting was beautiful. Shining silver, crystal, well-groomed footmen, candlelight, soft music. The women were dressed with taste, with charm...
...Embassy on the Place de la Concorde had not yet been reopened. But Janitor Pierre Bizet, who had stayed on during the entire German occupation, was ready to sweep its parquet floors and polish its crystal chandeliers. In the speculation as to the new U.S. Ambassador to France, current guesses gave the job to able Norman Armour, now marking time in Washington since his recall from Argentina (TIME, July...
...event attracted droves-townspeople, tourists, buyers from Texas and Michigan. They climbed the wide, stone front steps flanked by two enormous iron urns, to view the treasures inside: crystal-and-brass chandeliers, a heaving sea of mildewed objects, corniced walnut wardrobes, marble-topped bureaus-some 10,000 numbered items, stacked in the halls, standing in the serried, airless bedrooms. A dozen garlanded chinaware cuspidors clustered beside a bundle of lace curtains. Metal Indians and painted washstands stood on the vast drawing-room floor, while a gleeful Saratoga schoolboy banged at a bandy-legged grand piano. Love's Tribute...
Each day for the past four years the pretty 6 ft. 160-pounder, who learned her swimming at the Crystal Plunge Club, has done from two to four miles in the water. When she stepped to the pool's edge for the Pacific 880-yd. championship last month, the announcer predicted a new U.S. record. Then a soldier emerged from the crowd, handed Ann Curtis a florist's box and grinned. Said he: "Forget the American record. Go for the world's record." So she lowered by seven and a half seconds the world mark...