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Word: crystallic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are also many fine pieces. Empire tables, break-fronts, crystal collections and an intricately carved Chinese chair...

Author: By --charles S. Maier, | Title: Breakfronts and Busts | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

...Philippines when he made it. I think the University sent him to France about ten years ago. Look at this little table. I've turned down over a hundred dollars for it." After pointing out some glasses, Goldman advised '"Listen to the ring. That's the sign of good crystal. He tapped the rim of a glass and nodded approval of the sound...

Author: By --charles S. Maier, | Title: Breakfronts and Busts | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

Calendar Watch. General Time Corp. put on sale the first cheap U.S.-made calendar watch. The watch face has a date window where the numeral 3 would be, made more legible by a magnifying lens built into the watch crystal. Each day the number changes from one through 31; hand setting corrects for shorter months. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 23, 1957 | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

Schumann: March No. 2, Op. 76; Waldszenen, Op. 82; Six Pieces from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Decca). Famed Russian Pianist Richter, 42, plays with an elegant cut-crystal touch that rarely blurs even in the breakneck passages. At full volume and speed, the piano geysers a language as distinctive as it is richly hued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Sep. 9, 1957 | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...make it crystal clear," said House Republican Leader Joe Martin after a solemn conference with President Eisenhower, "there is no weakening in our position." Swami Martin was talking about the Administration's struggle for a strong civil rights bill, but his crystal ball was cloudy: the Republican position was, in fact, weakening second by second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Dam Is Breaking | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

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