Word: mammoth
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...epochal event is known there, is gone. Ever since achieving independence from Pakistan in 1971, impoverished, unfortunate Bangladesh has slumped down its path toward democracy. When not under the rule of autocratic generals - as it was twice in the past - it has been the province of two mammoth, bickering political parties, the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Their legacy of craven politicking and brazen plundering buoyed the current army-backed regime into power. But few believe Moeen is truly democracy's savior when the military has so consistently impeded its growth in the past. "As Bangladeshis...
...general election gets under way (which is why he threw a few verbal bouquets to Hillary in his speech). As McCain aides like to point out, their candidate has managed to stay nearly even with Obama in national polls - and very competitive in key states - despite the mammoth, three-headed albatross of Bush, the economy and the war that hangs heavily around his neck...
...simply that he had no way to move around the Moscow to keep appointments, given the traffic restrictions all over the city to allow smooth passage for the 970 special buses whisking Chelsea and United fans, separately, from airports to specially equipped "fan towns" at opposite ends of the mammoth Luzhniki stadium. All serious business in the city would cease by 4 p.m., the banker continued; it just didn't make sense to carry on working with this lunacy in town...
...title suggests, rappers tried to “outwit” each other with their clever use of language, usually in the form of witty insults. “On the mic I take advantage / You can’t stand this / Looking like a four-eyed wooly mammoth,” rapped Forrest N. Blackwelder-Baggett ’11. Northeastern junior Benny D. Lombardo kept it simple: “Me against you rappin? / You sound like me when I’m crappin.” The crowd responded to every line, cheering the best remarks while...
...simple, sometimes bawdy language. Some said it was a welcome change from the politics of the past, and he won a short-lived victory in 1994 before his center-right allies turned against him. When he returned for a second term in 2001, and refused to resolve a mammoth conflict of interest linked to his media and financial holdings, alarm bells went off across Europe. Though he used his power to push through laws that favored his business interests, and allowed him to wriggle out of lingering court cases, fears that Italy's basic democratic institutions were at risk turned...