Word: crystallizing
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...Singapore, a country that has struggled to produce artists who excel in even one medium, it's startling to find someone like Tan, who has thrived in so many different art forms and has achieved international acclaim for all. In January, Tan won the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum, which held a major exhibition of his works at Davos. Tan is also currently building the first Earth Art Museum in Qingdao, China?a $690,000 project that sprawls over two mountainous kilometers?where Tan directs a crew of carvers to inscribe his calligraphy into the rock-filled museum...
...does not tell all. The quality of her humanity is glimpsed fleetingly, often by inference. The vivid moments in the book--like the now famous scene when Bill tells her the truth about Monica--are packaged like fragile crystal, surrounded by rhetorical Styrofoam. There are many sentences, sometimes whole paragraphs, that snooze along reflexively: "I wanted to guard the social safety net--health care, education, pensions, wages and jobs--that was in danger of fraying for citizens less able to absorb the changes resulting from the high-tech revolution and a global consumer culture." Living History is, first and last...
According to Crystal D. Brakke, New England recruitment director for Teach for America, 66 Harvard seniors applied for the program this year, up from only 30 members of the Class...
...It’s crystal clear that Elena Kagan is dedicated to making Harvard Law School the best center for legal education and research the world has yet seen. With her, it’s never ‘about Elena,’ but always about the School, its faculty and students and staff, and the large issues of law’s role in building a just society,” said Tribe...
...leaders in the theme-cruise market is Crystal Cruises, the line taken by the Brandmeiers on both their trips. Crystal has 33 such cruises planned for this year, nearly half of its itinerary. "We have found that baby boomers are looking to learn something new--while also having fun--at this point in their lives. We call this 'edutainment,'" says Bret Bullock, Crystal's vice president of entertainment...