Word: mammothly
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...greeted by dozens of singing and dancing children who are among the 8 million North Koreans being fed with the held of the World Food Program. More than one third of the country's population has been threatened with starvation due to the country's extreme poverty, mammoth external debt and collapsed communist economy, exacerbated by recent droughts and typhoons. The U.S has provided 67 percent of the total food aid to the country...
Even with the outdated policies deleted, Simmons says the final project is "mammoth," totaling more than 1,000 pages. She says every member should read through the document several times before adopting...
Postmaster General Henderson resists even the suggestion that the Postal Service could disappear and has vowed to shake up his mammoth organization. Yet in testimony to Congress last month, he seemed resigned to a fate that is uncertain at best. As he argued for support of the postal-reform bill that has languished in committee for so many years, the USPS veteran fell back on a sentimental plea. He cited statistics showing that 66% of all Americans believe the mail is our most private and secure form of communication. "These findings are a testament to the enduring strength and unique...
...keep going they did: the show lasted two hours, a mammoth effort by Green Day standards. Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, clad in his standard tie plus untucked shirt and Converse shoes ensemble, kept up an ongoing exchange with the crowd, often rambling but rarely preaching. The kids were clearly fans-there was a loud cheer for the switch to Billie Joe's standard Stratocaster guitar, affectionately known as Ol' Blue. It wasn't surprising, then, that requests ranged from early-era "Disappearing Boy," found on 1990's indie release 39/Smooth, to semi-joke track "Dominated Love Slave" from their...
...which Peterson not only establishes his characters but, more importantly, establishes the life of the Gloucester fishermen. Their precarious economic existence lends much needed dramatic weight to the visually enthralling storm sequence that occupies the bulk of the movie. Indeed, the posters may have been adorned with the mammoth final wave, but the real 'money shot' is the wall engraved with the names of those who died at sea for their trade. Admittedly the film lapses into sentimentality at the end and Peterson never finds a particularly smooth way to shift between the Andrea Gail and the Coast Guard rescue...