Word: crystallizer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
They flew over the chaotic tragedies of a landscape which from that height was as unpeopled as if it were in a museum case: "All that I see is the bric-a-brac of another age exhibited under a pure crystal without tremor." Saint-Exupéry, in his mind, revisited strange depths of his childhood; and meditated upon death, defeat, victory, treachery...
This column does not pretend to own a crystal ball; nor can it attempt to draw up any blueprints. But, on the other hand, we are willing to challenge sportswriter Bill Cunningham's attitude toward post-war planners. That popular scribe flashily dismisses the whole matter saying, "It's nice of them to do the heavy thinking while somebody else does the heavy fighting, but their hot air hangs like a steam curtain between the effort and the ultimate...
Although the cartoon does not make the new short-form blank crystal clear, it gets its propaganda across with the anesthetic blessing of laughter and great good humor. As cinema, The New Spirit is a most effective job. It has a brand-new patriotic melody, The Yankee Doodle Spirit (composed in one day by Oliver Wallace, who did the Dumbo tunes), which is a humdinger...
Without the aid of a crystal ball, mental telepathy, or any other clairvoyant device, Philip H. Thayer '45 of Waban and Apley Court last night won a number-guessing contest held in the Union, and was awarded a free ticket to the Leverett House Winter Formal dance by the Bunny Hop Committee...
Since the public is loathe to accept our honest efforts, an attack of this sort, while seeming amusing to sophomoric college pranksters, does real harm to our cause. Serying, or crystal gazing as you would call it, is the world's oldest legitimate science back to the great seer Teiresias and the pharaohs of Egypt. To cite one example to you who doubt our integrity Roger Bacon long ago prophesied the advent of the airplane the automobile and many of the other modern conveniences after he had utilized the "crystal ball...