Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Portable state-of-the-art medical equipment, sophisticated planes and modern computer links have made this medical mission possible," says TIME senior writer Jeffrey Kluger, "but it is only the intrepidness of the jet crew and the woman that will make it work." The woman, in particular, faces huge challenges. If a biopsy is called for, says Kluger, "she may have to do things herself that would make anyone skittish." These could include inserting a needle into her own breast tissue, staining the cells and interpreting the results. "These are things that would be hard enough to go through...
...International Festivals and Exhibitions, came as a superb choice. The recipient of many honors, including a 1993 MacArthur "genius" award, she's a maker of large-scale, sometimes frightening tableaux--unless you're at home with vitrines full of flesh-eating beetles crawling over butchered meat or a huge room carpeted in horsehair in which the artist sat mute at a table, burning words from a book...
These days, thinking big is the travel and tourism industry's mantra. Airlines are coalescing into huge agglomerates that coordinate flights, share revenues and set fares jointly. Hotel groups are on a cross-border takeover binge; ditto tour operators. Travel agents, pressured on every side, are restructuring their businesses and forming large entities with muscle power of their own. Cruise lines, car-rental firms and rail and ferry companies are racing to consolidate into giant groupings with global ownership, reach and resources. "In a competitive environment, you've got to link up with partners if you don't want...
...When Bill Weld and I came into office in 1991, Massachusetts was in pretty rough shape," he said, pointing to high unemployment and a huge budget deficit. "I said then, 'It seems to me that we need to work with people already elected to office, Republican or Democrat.... I think it's one of the reasons we were able to turn things around to quickly...
...extraordinary event in that it came on top of a lot of huge frustrations in China," he said. "I think the government response in China is quite restrained considering the anger of the people...