Word: vast
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...This popular response mischaracterizes the nature of finance and the vital role it plays in our nation’s economy. While investment bankers do not produce tangible goods, they are key players in a vast and intricate system designed to move capital from those who have it in excess to those who need it. These financiers are compensated extremely—perhaps excessively—well for their services. Finance may not be a “noble” profession, but it’s not an abomination either...
...what conservationists call a "hotspot" - one of about 25 places on Earth that have suffered massive habitat loss and account for less than 2% of the planet's land surface, but are home to about half the world's plant species and a third of vertebrate animals. Because the vast majority of Madagascar's 2,300 species are found nowhere else on Earth, if a species is lost on Madagascar, it is lost forever. Yet rampant deforestation, a swelling human population and the early effects of climate change have already pushed countless species out of existence. Of the surviving...
...Opposition to religion already occupies the high ground, intellectually and morally,” he says. “People of independent mind should now start to claim the spiritual high ground, too.” And in a similar vein: “Our moral advantage, still vast and obvious, is not a liability, and we should strengthen and expand it. Like our dependence on reason, it is a strategic strength.” But what does any of that mean?America has yet to comprehend the power that is Islamism, distinct from Islam. In a battle that...
...Death Magnetic” is one of the most experimental, lush albums you’ll ever find that has anything to do with death metal. Even when the tempo grows intense and threatening, the sonic texture stretches back through layers and layers of guitar and bass, underscoring the vast canvas of Lars Ulrich’s drum set. Newcomer Robert Trujillo is the rare bassist who can keep up with both Ulrich’s punishing tempos and Kirk Hammett’s roaring guitar solos. Slayer and Anthrax may have their own fiefdoms in the thrash pantheon...
...amazing music that we’ve had written in the folk genre,” Siggins Smith says. As one of the leaders in the organization, Siggins Smith sees a need to reflect and interpret the Passim’s history. The club is now building up its vast archives, which include never-before-heard recordings, unseen photographs, and other artifacts. “At 50 years, no matter how we got here, we got here and now we need to make sense of our own history, which of course includes the history of America, the culture...