Word: crystallizer
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...married at 16 and who has never quite learnt the ways of the French. The comfortable amorality of upper-middle-class Dijon in 1954 also serves to lighten the mood of the film. The Chevalier home is a place of hard-working servants, white tablecloths, and wine-filled crystal; original paintings are on the walls, the Tour de France on the radio, and Maurice Chevalier on T.V. Laurent's older brothers amuse themselves through slapstick fights with the servants, light banter with their father over the Indochina War, and posing adolescent playboys...
...began, some said, more as a campaign for the vice-presidency than as a quest for the highest office in the land. When it ended last week beneath the crystal chandeliers of the cavernous Senate Caucus Room, the most that could be said for the brief, improbable presidential odyssey of Birch Bayh was that it had come close to being second best. As one of the Indiana Senator's aides put it: "In some of the polls, we were everybody's second choice...
...structures of synthetic fabric, with cement bases and wooden partitions; they were built to withstand fire, rot, and winds of up to 70 m.p.h. Decorated by Jansen of Paris, the firm that helped Jacqueline Kennedy redo the White House, the tents were completely air-conditioned and furnished with Baccarat crystal, Ceralene Limoges china and Porthault linens...
...keep these winds from spiraling inward and increasing their velocity that Stormfury's aircraft dropped silver iodide particles into the colder clouds of water vapor 50 to 110 miles from the eye. Theoretically the vapor would form into ice crystals around the iodide seeds, and the heat released by the crystal formation would raise the temperature in the targeted clouds around the eye. As they heated up, these clouds (called a rainband) would also expand and create new low pressure areas away from the eye. The new regions would, in turn, keep the swirling winds and water vapor from...
...More important, he can see opportunity ahead?in an invitation to expand his operation and in the expectation of higher sales, both of which gains have already been reflected in the optimism of a rising stock market. G.M. Chairman James Roche, looking into one of U.S. industry's key crystal balls, last week came up with a prediction little short of shining. G.M., said Roche, believes that the 1972 model-year "could be a record one for the automobile industry, with total motor vehicle sales approaching 12,750,000 units." That would be a 15% increase oversales...