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...result has been a relentless stream of outrageous books, movies and television shows, beginning with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, published 61 years ago, and continuing through the summer's box-office behemoth, Jurassic Park. There are mysteries, thrillers, love stories -- even a sci-fi parody of an old pop song ("Weird Al" Yankovic's I Think I'm a Clone Now, sung to the tune of Tommy James and the Shondells' I Think We're Alone Now). Cloning, in fact, has been a fertile enough subject to earn its own lengthy entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction...
...protests have grown in proportion to the relentless, expansionary march of behemoth retailers. Hundreds of new megastores are opening annually: major retailers spent over $11 billion in 1992 on capital expenditures for new stores, 16% more than in 1991. Wal-Mart, which began the year with 1,880 stores, now has 1,954, and will add 150 by January. Home Depot is expanding at a rate of one store a week...
...president of Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), he manages the day-to-day operations of a campus behemoth: a $3.5 million corporation, comprising 10 separate divisions and employing more than 1,000 of his classmates...
...colors and square block fonts, the kiosk is a beacon to Harvard Square's newest arena of consumption, "The Shops at Harvard Yard." And while to most it may seem faintly amusing, worthy only of only a regretful shake of the head on the way to the Yard, this behemoth begs our attention...
...Department has yet to give the two companies the go-ahead, the FCC has in the past looked favorably at such transactions. If the agency does not approve, it can expect to be swiftly inundated with demands from the rest of the industry to be saved from the competitive behemoth that technology has spawned...