Word: crystallizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Organs & Cells. If organs are removed from an animal's body, they can be flushed out with antifreeze solutions to reduce the ice-crystal damage. Kidneys treated in this way have survived 24 hours of freezing and then recovered part, but not all, of their function when reimplanted in the same animal...
...elegance, manners and good breeding, none can outclass the Metropolitan Opera Club. Nicknamed "The Penguins," because its members wear white tie and tails, the club is the last vestige of the courtly pomp and pageantry that once attended grand opera. Last week members sipped champagne and dined beneath crystal chandeliers in their sumptuous clubroom in the new Met, then adjourned to their two tiers of box seats to hear Die Meistersinger. It is a weekly ritual that has been going on no matter what the opera for 73 years, but now, in the name of progress, tradition is bending...
...spirit world is fairly crackling with activity these days, and mostly for fun. The sale of crystal balls, especially the large $25 size, has risen roundly in Los Angeles. Manhattan Importer Edward Weiss has completely sold out his stock of Viennese fortunetelling Tarot cards. Across the nation, the sale of Ouija boards has tripled in the past year, even the Harvard University Co-op sells out whenever it stocks them. Zodiac sign guessing has become part of the social chitchat, and fashion magazines, such as Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country, have yielded to the fad, started regular monthly...
...Girl. They don't make them that way in show business much any more, and Americans seem to sense it. Her perfect-pitch soprano has a crystal clarity and superb diction, and yet it can be as warm and soft as a purr. She does not radiate sensuality, nor is she the pulp of publicity campaigns. She is everybody's tomboy tennis partner and their daughter, their sister, their mum. To grown men, she is a lady; to housewives, the gal next door; to little children, the most huggable aunt of all. She is Christmas carols...
...their feet, hands, necks, heads, legs and ears, she might have added, combined with anything and everything else that glitters, including gold, sequins, paillettes, mirrors, foil, beads and crystal. From one end of the nation to the other, the bestselling look in women's evening fashions this year is sparkle plenty, and then some. It can be seen in silver and gold lame shoes, hats, bags, evening pajamas, raincoats and even bikinis; it comes in sequined and jewel-encrusted and beaded dresses, and in silver mesh and see-through dresses with dazzling bras to go under them...