Word: crystallic
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...piano had a standard keyboard−but it sounded like a muted xylophone. There was a zitherlike instrument that resembled an outdoor barbecue cooker. An unrecognizable assemblage of crystal rods, stroked by musicians with moistened fingers, emitted resonant whoops that fluttered through attached whiskers of piano wire. At San Francisco's Conservatory of Music last week, an audience of 150 was captivated by the sounds−and sight−of some of the newest and weirdest musical instruments on earth...
Through all that mountain's uncorrupted height, Past treeline, shrubline, grass, above all soil, The mind awakens and the eyes delight In contemplation of a crystal sight Made beautiful and sacred by our toil...
...mountains covered with snow, aspen, blue spruce and Douglas fir; in the craggy heights roamed elk, bear and mountain sheep. The boys could tell it was no place for softies as they started trudging up the steep, three-mile road to a campsite high above the Crystal River Valley. Under the deep blue sky waited tents, blazing alpine meadows and leathery-faced instructors. "I hope you will enjoy your stay here," declared one instructor tersely, "but enjoyment will be a byproduct...
...weeks ago, Ferkauf brought discounting to the royal row of American retailing. On Manhattan's Fifth Avenue he opened a seven-story, crystal-chandeliered store in the quarters formerly occupied by W. & J. Sloane, Manhattan's best-known carriage trade furniture store...
...dark shadow of anti-Semitism lies lightly on the U.S. compared to the pogroms and Dreyfus trials, "Crystal Nights" and concentration camps of Europe. The American anti-Semite is often even invisible to himself; a sweet Atlanta matron recently whispered to one of her guests: "Come, I want you to meet him. He's a Jew boy, but very nice"; and there are still those who naively protest: "Some of my best friends are Jews...