Word: gorilla
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...Harvard community celebrated Darwin’s 200th birthday in style with free drinks, science-themed rock bands, cake, decor, and a dancing gorilla...
...clothes, even if you don't know it. Look closer at the camouflage jacket on the back of your favorite hip-hop star, or the neon-colored sneakers on the feet of the latest pop dance sensation. Chances are you'll see the silhouette of a heavy-browed gorilla, the logo of the graphic designer's company, A BATHING APE - a streetwear icon that grew out of a hole-in-the-wall Harajuku storefront to become a Japanese Gen-Y obsession, an Asian fashion fetish and eventually a global phenomenon. Sold only in limited quantities and only through...
...helped make monster hits of High School Musical 3 ($84 million), Mamma Mia! ($144 million) and Sex and the City ($152 million). "[Female-centric films] used to be counterprogramming to something extremely male in the marketplace," says Chuck Viane, Disney's president of distribution. "Now they've become the gorilla in the marketplace." (Read Richard Corliss's review of Twilight...
...strong at the household level. Basically any house that wants one, has one. It's hard to imagine what the next big thing might be that everyone is going to want, that's going to be big enough to drive the economy out of a recession. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the housing market. Until that sorts itself out, it's going to get worse until it gets better. And when it gets better, it will be a driver of change...
...very afraid. But wait, it’s a fake out! Soon a bearded mystery man arrives to break up the revelry, and the meat of this strange message begins. It all seems so simple and innocent: the sunny Malkmus-style intro riff, the bright multicolored lighting, the stuffed gorilla holding a baseball bat—but I know there’s something evil going on here. Just look at drummer Greg Saunier’s devilish eyes as he viciously hits his cymbal in a downward stabbing motion, or how the band seems to revere the stuffed gorilla...