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But when Bernal observed the crystals in a light microscope, he noticed that as the large amount of water in the crystal lattice evaporated, they became disordered.
They repeated the X-ray experiment, but with the crystal surrounded by its mother-liquor and sealed in a glass capillary, obtaining patterns with large numbers of crystalline reflections.
It is when this becomes crystal clear, and also when some worn-out foreign-policy paradigms, such as the fetish of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fail once again, that real choices will have to be made.
It has now become crystal clear that enlargement is going to be a very difficult process: difficult to negotiate, and just as difficult, perhaps, to sell to the voters.
Live Earth, Deaf to RealityThe organizers of next Saturday’s Live Earth concerts hope that the entire world will hear a crystal clear message: climate change is the most critical threat facing the planet.
NATO's enlargement makes it crystal clear that no country in the new Europe can be regarded as part of another country's "zone."
For Mahbubani, the “lessons of Europe” are crystal clear.
And, given the effects of UK Euroskepticism so far, no crystal ball is needed to foresee the impact on Britain of withdrawal from the EU.
Otherwise, delegates’ crystal water glasses might not be so full next time.
Thirty years later, scientists at an IBM laboratory in California arranged 35 atoms of xenon on the surface of a nickel crystal, to spell "IBM" in block letters.
So the Church’s teachings about the evils of Nazism were crystal clear to everyone.
Among a variety of rare-earth elements, neodymium and dysprosium are widely used as a magnetic material for motors in environmentally friendly vehicles and home appliances, while erbium is used as a dopant in optical fibers and cerium as an abrasive for polishing liquid crystal display (LCD) glass.
The assassination of the President of Iraq's Governing Council makes it crystal clear that the US is failing to create the minimal law-and-order needed for any sort of orderly transfer of power to take place by June 30th.
This became crystal clear during a grim week for the government earlier this month.
“Theresa May has been crystal clear: Brexit means exit.”
Secretary of State John Kerry said: “I think we’ve made it crystal clear we would prefer that Russia was not supplying assistance.”
Bringing in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia would strengthen stability in the Baltic area, because the rules of the game would be crystal clear to everyone, both with regard to security and to human and minority rights.
One is that nuclear weapons give political leaders the equivalent of a crystal ball that shows what their world would look like after escalation.
Perhaps if the Emperor, the Kaiser, and the Czar had had a crystal ball showing their empires destroyed and their thrones lost in 1918, they would have been more prudent in 1914.
No crystal ball is needed to know that intensifying global resource competition means that Europeans must use their combined weight in world markets, and in dealing with emerging economic giants in Asia and elsewhere.
The supply stand-off between Russia and Ukraine of 2009 made these worries crystal clear in Europe, where gas imports are set to rise to 86% of demand by 2030, from 57% in 2006.
This is crystal clear if the government simply raises the money it needs for its spending through taxes rather than borrowing it.
No one has a crystal ball and erroneous predictions are possible.
Recent events have made crystal clear what we already knew - that human and animal viruses are not mutually exclusive.
Western Sahara’s legal status is crystal clear.
Economic forecasts are difficult enough; but when it comes to political forecasts, our crystal balls are even cloudier.
Given economists’ miserable record – reflected in the run-up to the crisis – for even three-year predictions, no one should have much confidence in a crystal ball that forecasts decades into the future.
The Chinese MirrorTOKYO – The closing decade of the twentieth century offered a crystal ball for anyone peering into the future of the Asia-Pacific region.
The message to the Kremlin here would be crystal clear.
To believe that one can accurately foresee what will become of Chavez and Venezuela brings to mind another warning by Fiedler: "He who lives by the crystal ball must sooner or later learn to chew glass."
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