Russell and Xu's method starts with a sliced crystal, either sapphire or silicon, cut at an angle that exposes a ragged section of the crystal's lattice structure.

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Past the outfield, past the basketball and tennis courts and the open swimming pool, Columbus Avenue cut the playground off at an angle.

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He must cut across the pond, thereby decreasing the ambient angle, ergo trimming valuable seconds off his catchup time.

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Inevitably, he bowled some short balls and was cut and he was also worked off his pads because of the angle.

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