Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Foot of the Charles is the most important race of the fall season for New England's inexperienced novice crews and attracts a huge novice field. Forty-three boats participated in the novice race...
BIOLOGICAL These are the inspectors' biggest worry right now. Before the Gulf War the Iraqis had a secret germ-weapon program that brewed up and tested huge quantities of several lethal agents, including 8,500 liters of anthrax, 19,000 liters of botulinus and 2,500 liters of aflatoxin. (That's theoretically enough to kill everyone on earth.) They had "weaponized" them by loading them into bombs and missile warheads. Iraq claims it unilaterally destroyed all those weapons after the war, but has never offered proof. U.N. inspectors have been checking more than 80 suspected areas for clandestine storage...
...years. JNCO, of Los Angeles, considered the progenitor of today's wide-leg craze, has taken off from the backsides of skateboarders to the broader jean community. The company, with industry estimated sales of more than $40 million, has led the industry with styles such as suede chaps and huge hem widths. "When the rest of the industry comes in, we're already into the next style," says Tam Miller, a JNCO vice president...
...theft insurance--the last thing a thief needs; no insurance company to sell a stolen painting back to. And he "had inside information" about an insured Rembrandt hanging on loan in the Museum of Fine Arts, an institution with serious "political clout" that would send up "a huge hue and cry" and therefore was "the much, much more desirable place" to send into hysterics...
...play. A lot of the bands we'd like to play with are kind of on our same level or not far enough up that we should be opening for them. They definitely shouldn't be opening for us. Neil Young was really good, he's so obviously huge and someone we respect...