Word: giant
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...studying fossils, Vrba found that the populations of large mammals in these environments underwent a huge change. Many forest antelopes were replaced by giant buffalo and other grazers. Vrba believes that early hominid evolution can be interpreted the same way. As grasslands continued to expand and tree cover to shrink, forest-dwelling chimpanzees yielded to bipedal creatures better adapted to living in the open. H. erectus, finally, was equipped to spread throughout the Old World...
When confronted with the possibility of NATO airstrikes, they promptly pulled most of their big guns out of the Sarajevo area. But the Serbs simply took them to other cities to help out with the slaughter there. Clearly, a giant game of musical howitzers is not the answer. Helping the Bosnian government achieve military parity is. Only then will they stand a chance of survival...
...Smith and John Malone were sitting in their respective offices last Tuesday, both watching the same show: a C-SPAN broadcast of the Federal Communications Commission hearing on cable-TV rates. Smith, the chairman of Bell Atlantic, was in his Arlington, Virginia, office; Malone, the boss of cable giant Tele-Communications Inc., was at TCI headquarters in Denver. Both executives were appalled as they watched the FCC announce a 7% reduction in cable rates, on top of a 10% rollback ordered last year. Malone immediately telephoned Smith. "Ray," Malone said in an emotionless voice, "this is a bigger hit than...
...best measure of Ickes' influence is that the Clintons have given him responsibility for their three most pressing problems: health care, the 1994 elections and the murky Whitewater scandal. His giant portfolio irritates some colleagues. "He's making a big difference," said one official. "The problem is now that he's started to make a difference, they're trying to make him do everything...
...mere bronze medal for British dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean infuriated many of their fans, who felt their smooth Fred-and-Ginger routine should have cut more ice with the judges. Italian slalom star Alberto ("La Bomba") Tomba disqualified himself by skiing off the course in his second giant-slalom run. He later complained of a stress headache...