Word: gorilla
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...longer exists (though its weaponry does). So why do it now? Because George Clooney wanted to. He made Fail Safe a priority when he pitched shows to CBS; the network in turn insisted that he act in it (he plays a bomber pilot). "I'm the 800-lb. gorilla that can make this work," he admits. He personally secured the A-list cast, Don Cheadle, Noah Wyle, Harvey Keitel and James Cromwell among them. And he contends the story is no mere period piece. "Even though certain things were dated, it resonates for me," he says. "It's biblical...
That's why privacy advocates are so nervous about DoubleClick. Not only is the New York City-based company the 500-lb. gorilla of online advertising--serving banner ads to 1,800 commercial sites that represent nearly 50% of all Web traffic--but it also has ambitious plans to merge its massive database of consumer surfing habits with off-line data culled from catalog purchases. That would enable it to match what had been anonymous mouse clicks to real names and addresses--shredding whatever thin veil of privacy still hangs over cyberspace...
...partners began a gorilla marketing campaign handing out fliers during the day in New York City, all the while developing a workable business model. By night, the two employed a small group of bicycle couriers to make deliveries of the goods they were selling...
...inflation, while the median income of families with college-age children has increased only 12%. Last year tuition rose an average of 4.6%, the lowest jump in 12 years--but still more than twice the rate of inflation. "Remaining affordable for middle-class parents is the 800-lb. gorilla facing colleges and universities," says Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education in Washington...
...CROSS RIVER GORILLA HOME Nigeria, Cameroon POPULATION 150 to 200 --Found in the forested hills along the border between the two countries, it was recognized as a subspecies distinct from other West African gorillas only last year...