Word: looming
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...real estate tycoon Donald J. (for John) Trump does not really loom colossus-high above the horizon of New York and New Jersey. He has created no great work of art or ideas, and even as a maker or possessor of money he does not rank among the top ten, or even 50. Yet at 42 he has seized a large fistful of that contemporary coin known as celebrity. There has been artfully hyped talk about his having political ambitions, worrying about nuclear proliferation, even someday running for President. No matter how farfetched that may be, something about his combination...
Harvard will be looking for its 27th straight Ivy League victory as it opens conference play and is the odds-on favorite to win a third straight league title. But it is the next four years that loom as larger question marks...
...they should look to President Bush and Congress’ deficit-laden federal budget. In the nearly three years since the Bush administration passed its first budget, the national debt has increased by $1 trillion, and estimates for next year’s deficit alone loom at a sobering $500 billion...
...faces a budget crunch due to ambitious expansion in its curriculum and research. While it does not face deficits now, they loom on the horizon, according to Buehrens...
...LOOM-INATION...