Word: behemothly
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...first collage painting, Celebes, 1921, is one of his funniest. It started life as an anthropological photo of an African corn bin. This reminded Ernst of an elephant. Then he saw a swollen human figure in it -- a failed behemoth, which he associated with the absurd and nasty king of Alfred Jarry's proto-Surrealist comedy, Ubu Roi. Add to that a dirty children's rhyme he remembered from his school days, which in English would have been a limerick; it concerned an elephant in Sumatra that tried to, well, connect with its grandmother. The naked woman in the foreground...
When Manhattan financier Ronald Perelman bought control of Revlon in a decidedly hostile 1985 takeover, he promised the treatment usually offered to the beauty behemoth's customers -- a complete make-over. In the years following the death of founder Charles Revson, the legendary line's earnings and stock price had faded faster than a bad dye job. Perelman re-established Revlon as an industry leader by focusing on its best-known products: cosmetics...
...water, only its top-deck production facilities visible above the water. Chevron is planning a big project nearby. Southeast of New Orleans, Exxon is operating a 110-story platform, and a few miles away British Petroleum is erecting its own 100-story behemoth...
...City Council last night threatened to sue the Massachusetts government to block construction of a proposed 28-lane highway interchange in East Cambridge, warning at a jam-packed meeting that the 11-story behemoth would devastate the city...
Congress holds hearings to determine if the behemoth weight-loss industry needs tighter controls. Companies often promise more than they deliver...