Word: giant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gregaria forsk-were back again. This time, the country under attack was Ethiopia. Last week agriculture experts reported that sections of the country's northern provinces were being devastated by 33 separate locust swarms, ranging in size from 5 to 40 sq. mi. Neighboring Somalia, meanwhile, reported 17 giant swarms of the buzzing, shell-covered creatures, which can sweep 100 sq. mi. of farm land clean overnight. Jean Roy, an expert in locust control operations for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), described the situation as "the worst I have known in 35 years...
...NASA keep the giant spacecraft in orbit...
These practices have helped the profits of property and casualty insurers, which have soared in the past few years. Aetna, a giant in the group, raised earnings per share from $1.90 in 1975 to $7.76 in 1977, and is likely to clear $8 this year. President William O. Bailey readily admits that Aetna's rates will jump ever more sharply for people who suffer accidents or losses...
...giant pulp mill for the Amazon wilderness...
...ruins of a rudimentary civilization: a partially excavated fast-food restaurant with the French fries still intact. An inflatable cathedral is invented for tourists who want a distinguished setting at a moment's notice. The secret of the Pyramids is revealed: the ancient Egyptians wanted to sharpen their giant razor blades. Macaulay, a prizewinning children's book author and illustrator, likes to turn things upside down-literally: his Arc de Defeat is only an arc de triomphe on its back. But his best work is a surreal anachronism that demands a double take, like the group...