Word: behemoths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from its humble origins among (mostly immigrant Jewish) nickelodeon proprietors into the most powerful industry for the invention and spread of dreams in human history, at least until the advent of TV. Walt Disney invented a little mouse, no larger than a man's thumb, that would become a behemoth...
...sheer amount of capital to which Tower has access allows the musical behemoth to provide an exhaustive inventory of every type of media known to man. Besides the standard collection of CD's (each with the standard price tag of $16), Tower supplements its offerings with everything from books to laserdiscs...
...irritated throughout. He shrugged off charges of monopoly by declaring: "The products that Microsoft makes have a very short life span." He also tried his best to sound worried about the threat from Sun Microsystems, but Sun CEO Scott McNealy got far more sympathy for taking on the Redmond behemoth: "Would you go up against the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age?" he asked. The markets certainly wouldn't -- Microsoft stock was up three-eighths at the hearing's close...
...Tuesday before Thanksgiving, I took the train into New York to tape the show. As I walked into the studio receptionist's office at the Hotel Pennsylvania, a burly behemoth of a security guard sitting in the back of the room noticed me. "Name," he grunted...
...ANGELES: The behemoth just keeps on chugging. "Titanic" is now the highest-grossing movie in the world, ever -- and there?s no sign of icebergs as it steams into the record books. Global ticket sales have reached a colossal $918 million, soaring past the puny $914 grossed by "Jurassic Park." Evidently, Spielberg?s dinosaur flick simply did not kill off enough of its extras...