Word: megalithic
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...25th marks the 31st anniversary of the movie megalith Star Wars. In three decades the franchise has spawned more than just massive revenues and legions of fans - it has also inspired a religion. Jediism, based on the teachings of the films, counts thousands of members worldwide...
...Which is not to say that the candidates shouldn't debate Iraq and Pakistan policy - both are key issues. But America's foreign and national security policy megalith is still structured to handle superpower threats like the Soviet Union. What questions would a debate about weak-state strategy involve? A few suggestions...
...JEAN-MARIE MESSIER Put an ambitious, cosmopolitan French banker in charge of a 148-year-old French water company, and you get...a global-media megalith called VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, with telecom and cable assets in Europe; TV, movie and music studios on both sides of the Atlantic; and theme parks in the U.S. and Japan. Internet maven Messier, 44, may have racked up too much debt on his recent acquisition binge. But Vivendi posted a 30% jump in third-quarter cash flow, thanks much more to subscriptions than advertising. Just like in the water business...