Word: gargantuanism
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Moreover, even if Russia and the other republics somehow get through the winter and begin the economic shock treatment Timofeyev demands, they face a gargantuan long-term job of converting to a free-market economy, which may not bring prosperity for many years. Meanwhile, the nation is certain to suffer rising unemployment as inefficient industries are shut down and continued inflation as more and more prices are set free. That would be an explosive mix anywhere, but especially in the U.S.S.R. (or whatever loose confederacy may succeed it). Inefficient as the old communist economy was, it did provide jobs...
...Russia's borders with other republics, Yeltsin perhaps understood intuitively that his role as leader of the new Russian nationalism precluded him from effectively playing the arbiter's role. To allay fears that Gorbachev might be acting as his front man for a resurgent Russia, Yeltsin promised that his gargantuan republic would not dominate any confederative structure. "The Russian state, which has chosen democracy and freedom, will never be an empire, neither a younger nor an elder brother," he said. "It will be an equal among equals...
Bentonville could be an option; after all, the wealthiest person in the United States lives there and really does drive an old pick-up truck. And from the size of Fort Wal-Mart, the gargantuan office complex of the nation's largest discount retailer, I would guess that Sam Walton owns more office space in Arkansas than the state does. But chances are that Walton will not talk to tourists. Those who want to see a large office building can go to the Pentagon. It's closer to Harvard, and Colin Powell works there...
...course, is that Bush is not bluffing, and a continued game of chicken will end in a devastating war that Saddam will lose. There is a nagging worry in both Washington and the Middle East that Saddam's lack of familiarity with the West is leading him into a gargantuan misjudgment that nobody will try to correct. Saddam's advisers during the crisis, says a friend of the dictator, "are not sophisticated people," and in any case they "treat him like a hero. No one dares to say, 'Mr. President, we might be heading for a disaster.' Personally, I think...
Americans this year will spend some $35 billion on records, audio- and videotapes and CDs, almost as much as they will spend on Japanese hardware manufactured to play them. In the air-conditioned Nevada desert, the opening of two gargantuan amusement centers dedicated to gambling and show business -- the Mirage and Excalibur hotels -- is leading Las Vegas toward its biggest year ever. In Nashville the country-music business is keeping the local economy afloat amid a tide of regional recession. Felix Rohatyn, the fiscal doctor, says the only hope for New York City, laid low by the collapse...