Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worst typhoon since 1906 struck the British Crown Colony of Hongkong. The wind blew at 130 m.p.h. uprooting huge trees and hurling them like matches hundreds of yards away. Telephone cables were laid low, most of the business signboards were smashed to splinters or blown away, many houses were unroofed. In the harbor the typhoon lashed the waters into a white fury. Many ships, including a British submarine, were sunk and many more driven ashore more or less damaged...
Ever since the crash in 1920, the leather companies have been in almost continuous difficulties. Addeo to their huge losses on inventory values is the fact that since leather is a by-product of the meat and other industries, the leather trade cannot regulate the supply of raw hides with the same ease as other industries regulate their sources of supply. Moreover, the new styles in women's shoes make for a reduced use of leather, and automobile manufacturers are employing painted cloth and leather substitutes to a greater degree than formerly...
...pounding of drums and shrill cries of the ballyhoo herald sounding more loudly than ever when motion picture was heralded before, this latest product from the laboratories of William Randolph Hearst arrived in New York. A theatre was purchased and redecorated at an expense of hundreds of thousands. A huge list of names was amassed for the opening night?social celebrities, famous figures of the stage, sporting men and women, beauties, politicians. Victor Herbert conducted the orchestra...
...chief concern of the Dutch Admiralty is the defense of the Dutch East Indies. The Netherlands owns a colonial empire east of Singapore that includes the huge islands of Java, Sumatra and portions of Borneo. The area of the empire is 733,642 square miles, the population 50,000,000 and in 1921 its total import and export trade amounted to roughly 2,500,000,000 guilders...
Social recognition is of the utmost importance for a musical success in England. Invitations to entertainments of their lordships are of more importance than good press notices. Edward Johnson during his appearances with the British Opera made huge success both artistic and social. Of course, as Melba's tenor he was a logical candidate for acceptance by the elite. However, he amplified this with a bit of wise strategy...