Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought about being a Clown and talkedabout being a Clown. And I thought about it somemore. And talked about it some more. And aftermuch thinking and talking I became very afraid.Not because of the huge monster that hides undermy bed and eats clowns, but because I was afraid Iwould never become a Clown again...
...spent months sewing beautiful lace snowflakes for the tree. The lace flakes were totally invisible behind the saccharine-thick tinsel and the yellow light-bulbs which were crusting their smarmy way up the tree. That tree, with nothing but those lovely white-knitted snowflakes among its branches, green and huge, would have been beautiful. Clearly my employees, my Govern-Ment, was doing a lousey job; some Christmas Bulbs'n'Tinsel business was winning out over the Old People, and I meant to kick some beauracratic butt. "Lobbying," or "white collar terrorism," is the more usual term...
...doorman was huge, with a striped head (shaved blond streaks), a Mr. Universe tanktop on, and sun-bed glossy skin. He wasn't real interested in talking. But he told me her name. Phoenix...
...penetrate the closely knit fraternities formed by Japanese businesses. But in June 1986 the Naval Investigative Service adopted a new tactic when it began probing the Star Friendship Association, a consortium of 160 Japanese construction firms organized for the express purpose of raising prices on contracts at the huge U.S. naval base in Yokosuka...
These special requirements created their own delay. The jet has 57 antennas for its huge array of electronic gear. Normal is 17. The plane's 238 miles of wire is more than twice that in a commercial version. The big delivery delay occurred when Boeing engineers in Wichita, after installing most of the wiring, were worried about electromagnetic interference in such a thicket. They pulled 20% of the wiring out, went on overtime and rerouted the cables. With all the fancy equipment on board, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed special safety requirements that added to the burden. And almost everybody...