Word: quartz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...implement the process," says Mitraud, as she hurries to another meeting in Alto Paraiso. "If within five years I don't feel like I can leave here, then we've failed." But Mitraud's evangelism seems to be taking root. Says Irani Avelino Nascimento, an unemployed quartz miner turned park guide: "Before, I abused the environment and got little out of it," he says. "Now I respect it and earn a better wage. It's nice to think that we have a future...
...does it work? "It's a precision-cut quartz matrix," she explains...
...buoyant project scientist Matthew Golombek joked, "Here we have proof that Sojourner sort of nestled up and kissed Barnacle Bill." The high-tech buss, profferred by the rover's X-ray spectrometer, produced an unexpected finding: the rock was apparently loaded with silicon or silicon dioxide, commonly known as quartz...
BORN: Jan. 27, 1937, Paterson EDUCATION: Fordham U, B.A., 1959, M.A., 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Elsie; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1961-62; Army Reserve, 1962-67 OCCUPATION: City official; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: New Jersey Assembly, 1988-; mayor of Paterson, 1990- ADDRESS: 63 Quartz Lane, Paterson...
Visitors to the University's 20 museums have access to millions of dollars in artifacts ranging from priceless paintings like Max Beckman's self-portrait to valuable gold and quartz crystals...