Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...freshmen there is a huge adjustment to the college game, but it's especially hard for Onnie," Sullivan said. "Coming from Canada, he hasn't ever played really serious basketball before, but he played good defense tonight and made Savane work for every basket...
...reaches out to socially moderate soccer moms in Nashua, N.H. He must halt McCain's surge in New Hampshire, but he cannot take victory for granted in Iowa, where being organized counts for more on caucus night than doing well in early polls, and where Forbes is dumping huge sums of money into the most sophisticated campaign organization in state history. "No question," says Iowa G.O.P. chairman Kayne Robinson, "Forbes is going to turn out a lot of people on caucus night." A loss or a weak victory in Iowa, followed by a McCain upset in New Hampshire...
...maybe two days. The sun burns through the branches of the tree that the locals say God grew upside down because it looks as if its roots are on top. She has two children with her, and they play in the dust, chasing chickens around the base of the huge tree, eating roasted corncobs from the campfire. A 4x4 truck with Zambian registration draws up, and a black man in a khaki safari suit gets out. The woman reaches inside her bra and draws out a twist of dirty cloth. Inside the wrapping are five diamonds of varying sizes...
...with an overwhelming need to make themselves heard. Make themselves heard they did, turning out in record numbers for our polls, periodically flooding our tiny newsroom with ravenous vote-generating robots, angry e-mails and even threats of eternal damnation. The polls that touched a nerve and set off huge responses gave us insights into the topics that can really motivate a group - or an entire nation. Here are the highlights from a very interesting year in the world of interactive media...
...Considering the amount of time she spends working on various productions, it is surprising to hear that Waddell is not a huge theater fan. She confesses that she wouldn't watch half as many shows as she does now if she weren't involved in the costume design. She was so wrapped up in the costumes for VI that she didn't even know the name of the show till the dress rehearsal...