Word: hugeness
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When Walsh helped homeowners purge their belongings on Clean Sweep, the weekend-long project would end with a huge garage sale. Off camera, good riddance is usually a good bit slower. Simmons has given herself a six-month deadline to winnow her stuff to 100 things--or at least 100 categories of things. (Hey, I'm not knocking her. I've got more than 100 things in my purse...
...Microfinance, once a relative cottage industry championed by antipoverty activists and development wonks, is on the verge of a revolution, with billions of dollars from big banks, private-equity shops and pension funds pouring in, driving growth of 30% to 40% a year. Financiers are convinced that there's huge money to be made in microfinance...
Nonfiction. I've always been a huge exaggerator, but when I write something, I put it on a scale. And if it's 97% true, I think that's true enough. I'm not going to call it fiction because 3% of it isn't true...
...when you see one--it's one of the rare moments when the invisible war being waged between spammers and programmers becomes visible to you, the prey. "Of course," says Von Ahn, "this has been a little bit of an arms race with spammers, because now there's a huge incentive for spammers to try to get around CAPTCHAS." You can bypass them, using brute force, for example, though it'll cost you. Go to a website like GetAFreelancer.com and you'll see dozens of ads placed by spammers and other bad actors, who hire whole teams of people...
This school year has been one of great transition for Harvard. While the University saw the beginning of a new era with the installation of President Drew G. Faust, the College has undergone a radical change in admissions policy, a huge expansion of financial aid, and a revamped curriculum. While The Crimson was generally optimistic about the College’s new programs, we turned a critical eye to their implementation, as well as to inept bureaucratic attempts to tamper with existing structures...