Word: crystalizing
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...track stars hustled to European meets to cash in on the medals, although quadruple Gold Medalist Carl Lewis pushed back his own schedule after he stopped off in Houston and found his home had been tossed by burglars, his stereo and video equipment stolen, his well-publicized crystal collection shattered. It appeared that the welcoming signs of kindly neighbors had pointed out the mark...
...care and feeding of Sears' suppliers is an art. This year 80 of the best suppliers received awards at the company's annual "Partners in Progress" dinner, presided over by Merchandising Boss Brennan. The winners of trophies and crystal prisms are not just big companies. This year Gear, Inc., of New York City, with Sears just since 1983, was praised for the stylish looks of its country-furniture designs, now on display in half of Sears stores. Gear earned design royalties in 1983 on the $500 million of its creations sold by Sears and other stores...
Gastronom No. 1, an imposing three-story building on Gorky Street, Moscow's busy shopping thoroughfare, is no ordinary supermarket. Its vaulted interior boasts crystal chandeliers, inlaid marble and huge, gold-trimmed mirrors. Regular shoppers know it simply as "Yeliseyev's," after a Russian merchant who built the store in the 18th century. It is popular among foreigners, who consider it as awesome as some of the palace museums that were once the Czars' homes. It is equally appreciated by Muscovites, because it stocks such hard-to-find items as fresh fruit, vegetables and meat...
...summer after my father's freshman year, Harvard's president, James B. Connel '12, looked to the future in a speech before the American Chemical Society. "The year 1984," Conant said, "does not glare with menace in my crystal ball...
...banquet hall's somber maroon decor was brightened with pink gladiolas from Guangdong province, some 1,100 miles south of Peking, and arranged on 60 tables for ten The multinational place settings included German chinaware Irish linen and French crystal, candelabras and silverware. A twelve-piece Chinese orchestra trained feverishly for two weeks with sheet music sent over by the White House: works by George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, along with Reagan's favorite diplomatic overture, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Getting to Know...