Word: enormouse
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During its 149 years of existence, the BIA has been the subject of scorn from Indians and whites alike. As the protector of Indian resources and lands, the BIA wields enormous power over almost every aspect of reservation life. It runs Indian schools, from which most students drop out by...
The real problem with some of the crew exercises, as shown in my second example--the ergometer--was the mental anxiety which was bound to linger in anticipation of the next day's workout. The ergometer is a machine which an oarsman rows upon in practice and the act of...
The racing season is the high point of the crew year, and it is this season which is said to justify the enormous amount of work which an oarsman undergoes. Princeton has been working hard and Penn has been working hard, so Harvard must work even more to be ready...
The new assault on the dollar caught nearly everyone off guard, since it came only 17 days after the dollar's second devaluation since December 1971. "There is no rational justification for such enormous quantities of dollars to pour into West Germany," said British Prime Minister Edward Heath, who...
Then why had the crisis burst? The simplest and most ominous explanation seems to be that currency speculation has developed a self-sustaining momentum independent of economic logic. The crude fact is that speculators who have bet against the dollar since 1971 have profited, while people and companies that could...