Word: crystallized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...student who was present at Boylston Auditorium on April 2, who witnessed the sad trampling of all the principles of free and open debate, I was both angered and confused by the reactions in the pages of The Crimson; notably, Robert Katz's piece, "Not So Simple" and Joseph Crystal's response in your "From Our Readers" section...
...confusion came in reading Mr. Crystal's letter commenting on Katz's article. Mr. Crystal bristles even at Mr. Katz's weak formulations, boldly declaring that "the Contras' behavior is objectively [his emphasis] wrong" and thus justifies the extreme actions of the protesters. Mr. Crystal, however, in his zealous pursuit of convenient truth, completely avoids discussion of the fact that the actions of the Sandinista government with regard to its deplorable treatment of the Miskito Indians, or its suppression of civil liberties, especially the organs of the Church, which have voiced dissent over government policies, are objectively wrong and deserve...
...participate in what has been a highly controversial debate over a very volatile area of the world. Mr. Katz's unwillingness to flatly declare that the actions of the protestors were wrong was unfortunate, but he at least could see his way clear to voice some denunciation, while Mr. Crystal's refusal to accept even this is the very essence of the "I'm right, case closed" mentality that is the root of totalitarianism. As Harvard approaches its 350th anniversary, I feel that it is time that the members of the Harvard community unite against such attacks on the free...
...does it mean that he is condoning all war? If his arguments are twisted and distorted by others, this is unfortunate but doesn't detract from his thesis. I hear the objection: Where might your argument take us tomorrow? To this I answer: What is happening today? Jonathan M. Crystal...
Another big attraction would the Gaza Strip, not the controversial length of sand it is now, but rather a vast crystal wonderland--a meltdown of the sand dunes into an elaborate glass landscape...