Word: crystallic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about a new electronic device which may solve the memory problem. Its new feature is a thin slice of crystalline barium titanate. This peculiar stuff is "ferroelectric": i.e., if it is placed between two metal contacts, a considerable amount of electrical energy can be made to flow into the crystal and stay there. There is room for 2,500 dots of energy on a one-inch square of crystal...
...rehearsal had begun with Bach's Suite No. 2 for Flute and Strings--chosen, no doubt, to show off the new female flutist, Doriot Anthony. Her crystal clear tone and prodigious breath control clicited applause from both audience and orchestra...
...muscular directness he chronicled the feverish, unpredictable growth of New York. He reported political meetings, flicking a patrician's flinty adjective at the "unwashed democracy." He graphically described the famous crimes of his day, the publicity feats of P. T. Barnum. the burning of New York's Crystal Palace, the laying of the Atlantic Cable...
...Middle East: The U.S. should call a conference of the Arab states to study '"tension, unrests and disagreements" in the area; should "make it crystal clear to all the world that any move toward Russian political, economic, or military domination in the Middle East, be it covert or overt, will not be tolerated...
...prices edged higher as the trade reported that sizable orders were once more coming in, and prospects looked the best in years. Mills which had been in the red were in the black again. Last week the Joint Committee on the Economic Report took a look in its own crystal ball, predicted good business for the next twelve months. One big prop: an expected $71.3 billion in defense outlays, up from $57.4 billion in the fiscal year just ended...