Word: mammothly
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...plan could also begin to reduce Japan's mammoth trade surplus and thus ease frictions with Western nations. The Japanese surplus with the U.S. is expected to reach a record $57 billion this year, up from $50 billion in 1985. The cut in income taxes should encourage Japanese consumers to buy more imports. The value-added tax applies only to goods manufactured in Japan,' which means that imports could become more competitive. U.S. Treasury officials said they were pleased with the tax-reform proposal. It represents a fundamental step for Japan away from subsidizing savings at the expense of consumer...
...wasn't the first MMOG I'd ever played, but it is the best. The interface is clean and easy to master. The world feels mammoth and its geography runs the gamut from painted deserts and sprawling savannahs to snow-covered mountains and swamps teeming with gators and fish men. Despite its size, players easily navigate the world via roads, ships, zeppelins, giant bats and mythological creatures like hippogriffs. Players in Azeroth choose to be members of races like humans, orcs, trolls or night elves, and then pledge allegiance to one of two factions. But unlike in other fantasy games...
...share oil revenues among all Iraqis" in order to give the citizens of that country a share in the economy. Indeed, the 33-page draft of that proposed Oil & Gas Law now circulating, if passed as currently written, would end decades of total government control over Iraq's mammoth oil reserves and distribute oil income among all the country's regions - a dramatic change from the past and a potential windfall for Big Oil. But it must first get through Iraq's fractious parliament and the country's divisive ethnic politics. Already, the draft shows signs of wrangling and potentially...
...replaced with its own marquee some famous regional department-store names--Marshall Field's, Famous-Barr, Kaufmann's, Filene's--experienced a strong 8.5% increase in same-store sales for November. Sears, which combined with Kmart in 2004, is still struggling. And Wal-Mart, in the throes of a mammoth, disruptive restructuring, reported a dismal 0.1% drop in sales...
...serve a new purpose: become the most vaunted scout team Harvard women’s hoops has ever seen.The unit includes freshman forward Alex Ahmed, fellow first year Dave Boswell, and senior big man Jacob Mays to compliment Puchtel. The challenge this squad of athletic, quick, and often mammoth men poses to the women’s team is a double-edged sword—it is a struggle but also a huge boost for the team.“It helps to play men a lot faster and stronger than us—guys play at a lot higher...