Word: titanic
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...reeled, under the sardonic eye of the cormorants - hauled and reeled...and mentally I had this 55-inch (at least) phenomenon iced down and on the way to the taxidermist down the road... when, after a moment or two of struggle, it began to dawn on me that my titan underwater was oddly immobile, conducting his side of the war from a fixed location. This disconcerted me. I was moving. The boat was moving. The brute, however, remained (as I could see now) motionless...
Quite the contrary. It stars Monty Python vet John Cleese as a Las Vegas casino titan who sends some hapless losers on a cross-country race, all for the amusement of a bunch of inveterate international gamblers wagering on which desperado will grab the prize: $2 million in a remote bus-station locker. Before the race is over, Whoopi Goldberg is stranded in the desert; Seth Green and Vince Vieluf, as two brothers whose greed is matched only by their stupidity, get trapped--in their Ford Bronco--atop an airport radar tower; a cow flies; Cuba Gooding Jr. hijacks...
MICHAEL OVITZ Former H'wood titan sacks half his TV management co.'s staff. A power broker without power...
DIED. JOHN MCKAY, 77, outspoken coach who led the University of Southern California to four national titles in 16 seasons and established it as a football titan; in Tampa, Fla. During McKay's 1960-75 tenure, U.S.C. picked up the nickname Tailback U. and churned out Heisman Trophy winners Mike Garrett and O.J. Simpson. In 1975 McKay left the college ranks to take the helm of a new NFL expansion team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In their first two seasons, the Bucs lost a record 26 straight games. Asked what he thought of his team's execution, McKay said...
FASTER FOOD When you're jonesing for a Freezy McShake, you don't want to fool around with old-fashioned bills and coins, do you? After a year of testing, burger titan McDonald's will roll out a new cashless payment system in 400 Chicago-area stores. Wave your McDonald's Speedpass over a special reader--based on the same technology that powers highway tollbooth passes--and your tab will be automatically added to your credit-card bill. Now if only Ronald had a fat-free French fry system...