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Word: monsterous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...R.E.M."--this phrase has repeatedly been used to describe the nearly twenty-year-old band since the release of Monster in 1994. After the departure of Bill Berry, R.E.M.'s drummer for the past 18 years, the idea of another "new" R.E.M. seemed inevitable. The departure left Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Michael Stipe as the remaining core of '80s indie-rock's greatest band, despite their previous promises that the band would break up if one of the members left. The absence of a real-life drummer has opened the band up to critics who have ragged...

Author: By Benjamin L. Kornell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Up and Away: R.E.M. Walks On | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...this is not the latest monster out of Hollywood. It's Architeuthis, the giant squid, and its real...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Writer Ellis Tells Of Giant Squids | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

Adelson made a fortune in the trade-show business, and he financed some of the Venetian's construction by selling Comdex, the world's biggest trade show, for $900 million. Although Las Vegas does plenty of convention business, Adelson wants to compete for the monster shows that now go to Chicago's McCormick Place or Orlando's Orange County Center, in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas--Over The Top: In With The New | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Saves the World. It is the story of how the dead title character rounds up other "good angels" (including Frank Sinatra and J.F.K.) and staves off global destruction. "Imagine Diana sitting at God's knees like a little girl--that's the first scene," Gallo explains. "This is a monster. This will sink Titanic." He clearly has a vision. I have a vision of my own: a democracy of moving images. Not everyone can be Martin Scorsese--that hasn't changed--but anyone who wants to, it seems, can now be Ed Wood. The Internet has nothing on that, except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truly Independent Cinema | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...shouted to his minions to roll the camera. He zoomed in on the weevil; it turned into a Godzilla; and he unveiled it to the public. The production cost was dizzying millions if you account for the man-hours lost in looking at the weevil morphed into a monster. NARAYAN RAMACHNADER Chennai, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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