Word: giant
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...have deep respect for Senator Kennedy and his compassion for the disadvantaged in this country, but his solutions simply do not work," said Thomas G. Stemburg '71, chair of the board for office supply giant Staples. Stemburg said that until this year he had been a liberal Democrat for his entire life...
Preparing to make good on Secretary of State Warren Christopher's threat that the Haitian military government's "days are definitely numbered," the Pentagon said a fleet of giant cargo ships and an aircraft carrier crammed with helicopters would soon be bound for the waters off the Haitian coast. The Defense Department also announced that the total U.S. troop participation in an invasion of Haiti would be around 20,000 -- higher than previous estimates...
...Giant corn? Rosier rosebushes? Fast-growing forests? All possible in the near future, according to scientists who say they've isolated the gene that controls plants' natural growth hormone. The Michigan State University study, to be published Friday in the journal Science, says manipulating the gene could let farmers make plants and their fruit bigger -- without the chemical sprays they now rely on for boosting growth...
Sexually harassed secretary wins $6.9 M from giant law firm...
Fortunately, such anger and fear are rare on either side of the Rio Grande. Not only is Perot's warning about American jobs vanishing south with a "giant sucking sound" not coming true, but thousands of tractor-trailer rigs are rumbling through the border crossings -- carrying beer, heavy machinery, clothing, electronics. Eight months after NAFTA went into effect, trade is up, prices are down for consumers and no massive layoffs have occurred...