Word: crystallizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University Committee on Governance is probably the most impressive sounding committee set up so far. It consists of thirty-five members drawn from throughout the University, including representatives from all the graduate schools. Its purpose is crystal clear: to suggest changes in the governance of Harvard University...
Everett Dirksen, did not, of course, quite fit the mold. He took many diverse positions in his long career. Last week the postwar pattern of conservatism was all but broken. The Senate's 43 Republicans gathered beneath the ornate crystal chandeliers of the G.O.P. Conference Room to elect Dirksen's successor as minority leader. They chose Pennsylvania's Senator Hugh Scott, 68, a moderate liberal of the Eastern Establishment. Then, three hours later, the same band of G.O.P. Senators who accomplished that feat combined to give Scott's old job as assistant minority leader to Michigan...
...whole. Marijuana ("pot," "grass," "boo," "tea," "mary jane," "broccoli," "weed") is their favorite preparation; in lesser numbers, they are smoking hashish ("hash"), taking mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, LSD ("acid"), using barbiturates and sedatives ("goofers," "downers," "red devils," "red birds," "pheenies," "green dragons," "yellow jackets," "tooies"), swallowing or injecting amphetamine stimulants ("crystal," "crank," "meth," "bennies," "dexies," "Christmas trees," "speed"). The prices of their mind excursions flutuate almost daily with the black market where kids must make their purchases. Depending on location, a dose of LSD or enough Methedrine for one injection costs around $3, while one Dexedrine pill can be bought...
CHICK COREA, NOW HE SINGS, NOW HE SOBS (Solid State). The new pianist in Miles' regular group, Corea creates airy, crystal lines that have an almost fugal precision. Working here with Bassist Miroslav Vitous and Drummer Roy Haynes, the self-possessed young player neither sings nor sobs but delivers fleet atonal improvisations, buoyed by light chords that almost never come to a resolution...
Thousands of Bits. Not only do the crystals have the advantage of simplicity of operation, but they could also be extremely compact computer components. In a recent demonstration at their Murray Hill, N.J., headquarters, the Bell scientists showed that a thin crystal, only one-tenth of an inch square, could carry 10,000 bits of information. Even the tiniest conventional computer circuitry, explained Bell Labs Vice President Jack A. Morton, is able to achieve only 10% of that density. In addition, the crystals need just a fraction of the power required by ordinary computers...