Word: mammoth
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...single greatest income source for all the schools is Harvard’s endowment. The University’s mammoth endowment broke records in fiscal year 2004, yielding a return of 21.1 percent, to reach $22.6 billion...
...bill requiring that the president and vice president run and be elected on the same ticket and granting the candidates an increased campaign budget of $400 was the only part of the mammoth reform docket to pass...
...University has a mammoth collection of outdoor art––much of it readily recognizable. The city of Cambridge has sponsored works to beautify the Square, and private businesses have their own accessible art showcased; when taken all together, these pieces turn the Square into a veritable museum of public art—a museum, moreover, that is mostly outdoors, and totally free...
...mammoth shot that impacted a local house—it actually cleared some netting designed to protect the quiet, tree-lined avenue beyond left field—Klimkiewicz’ homer built a 5-3 Harvard lead in the extra eighth inning of the seven-inning game...
Although the returning comet was spotted back in 1982 by the mammoth 200-in. Hale telescope at the Palomar Observatory, astronomers did not think they would be able to make naked-eye sightings until late December. But Halley's is much brighter than it was expected to be, a phenomenon that may be only temporary. Scientists say that the comet's current luminosity does not necessarily portend, during the coming months, a more brilliant display than they had anticipated...