Word: titania
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then he has popped up in England, France, Finland, Austria and Switzerland, collecting plenty of excited notices. This time he dashed through ten performances in West Germany (plus recording sessions) in 15 days, wound up last week with a grand finale in West Berlin's cold and functional Titania-Palast theater...
...some respects, the new "diamonds" made of titania (titanium dioxide) are better than the real thing.† Last week three advertisements in the New York Times Magazine offered cut stones "more brilliant than diamonds" at prices ranging from $10 to $16 a carat (price of first-grade white diamonds: about $1,100 for a one-carat stone). One ad suggested: "A handsome engagement ring made of our remarkable gem presented to any girl will win her devotion. The hundreds of dollars saved will go far toward building a permanent home...
...Titania's close resemblance to diamonds is due to its index of refraction, i.e., its ability to bend light rays. This property makes a stone glitter. Diamond's index of refraction is extremely high: 2.42. Titania's index is higher: 2.62 to 2.90. Even more important is its "dispersion," i.e., its ability to break white light into rainbow colors. Diamond disperses light twice as much as common glass does, but titania disperses it seven times as much. So far, titania cannot be made absolutely white (many valuable diamonds are not white, either), and it will never rival...
Those who cherish diamonds because of their high cost (owing to the tight control of the South African diamond monopoly) will not welcome the development of titania. But in sparkle and "fire," it surpasses its rival and may force the merchandisers of genuine diamonds to warn their customers against too much "fire...
...choir was now really frightened, but it had no prospects for making a living in West Germany. It jumped at a chance to sing at the big Titania Palast in the U.S. sector of Berlin. The members hoped to return home with enough money and publicity to leave the Soviet zone soon afterwards. The East zone police, obviously well informed about the choir's plans, struck a few days after the choir left for Berlin. Schueck's wife was arrested when she went to the Dresden railway station to send some scores to her husband. The same...