Word: grand
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Greatness can inspire others, but greatness by its nature is usually too grand to affect the normal course of life. One may marvel at Churchill's greatness in World War II, but its scale is too magnificent to provide daily guidance. Instead, one must look to the greatness, large and small, that he displayed throughout his life. Many Harvard students, like Churchill, have boundless and justifiable ambition. As they prepare for their lives, they should be mindful that greatness, as Churchill shows, comes not from any particular deed, but from one's life itself. Hence, the reason to celebrate Churchill...
There will be, if regulators and prosecutors in states from Florida to California get their way. Late last summer a federal grand jury in Florida indicted Frederick Brandau and his company, Financial Federated Title & Trust, for allegedly defrauding thousands of viatical investors across the country in an elaborate, $115 million Ponzi scheme. Brandau's attorney denies the allegations. Just a month ago, two officers of Justus Viatical, a Pompano Beach, Fla., firm, were charged with selling investors $2 million worth of fraudulently obtained life-insurance policies. Their lawyer calls the indictment a farce. And insurance heavyweights like American General...
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Like the Music Hall itself, Radio City's annual holiday show has been given a grand sprucing up. Worn-out numbers have been retired, classics (Parade of the Wooden Soldiers) polished bright as a Christmas-tree ball, and sprightly new scenes added (White Christmas in New York). A revamped Santa's Workshop is riotously colorful. Santa couldn't ask for an escort with more dash than the Rockette reindeer team that prances at the head of his sleigh, and audiences couldn't hope for a more splendiferous Christmas present...
...outing, while David Bowie is the driving force behind the forthcoming Omikron. Indeed, game designers are starting to act like directors--guys like Sid Meier (Alpha Centauri) and Adrian Smith (Tomb Raider) who closet themselves in high-end studios for two years at a time, ceaselessly fine-tuning their grand vision, their masterwork...