"giantism" - since any further and large assumption of added power would bring about one entity of even more menacing size than now. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog] Reference
An editorial in the Johannesburg-based weekly Mail and Guardian newspaper said South Africa's economic "giantism" was resented in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Besides outlining the problem - basically "giantism" as the enemy of local communities - the authors suggest a number of practical steps to achieve their vision. From Wordnik.com. [Boyle and Calder on communities] Reference
What else is such constructive enormity but 'giantism'?. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
"They barely mentioned the giantism when they sent us down.". From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
But he had acromegaly, a disease sometimes called “giantism.”. From Wordnik.com. [“Classy” Freddie Blassie] Reference
Some just show radiation abnormalities -- giantism, microcephaly, and the like. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
"This has caused resentment among SADC members, ever sensitive to the giantism of South Africa.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Montreal is to be the Games that alters the trend toward giantism and towards a political showcase. From Wordnik.com. [Message of Munich] Reference
Geist (1999) puts this giantism down to growth in a highly favourable environment combined with a non-migratory habit. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Also within our species we have dwarfism, putitary giantism, albinoism, and thousands of other variants that are noticeable. From Wordnik.com. [Kicking the Legs Out From Under the Willfully Ignorant « Whatever] Reference
Because it is a hybrid, it usually suffers from giantism, whereas a tigon (male tiger, female lion) usually suffers from dwarfism. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
Nor does a resolution authority do anything about the other, ongoing perils of bank giantism, including the undermining of our democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Weissman: Break Up the Banks: By the Numbers] Reference
An oversupply of growth hormone during youth, or a supply that does not taper off appropriately with age, results in overgrowth and giantism. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Fairly or not, critics see the balky baggage system as a symbol of the airport's larger problems, a final penalty for giantism and boosterism run wild. From Wordnik.com. [Still Late For Arrival] Reference
Nor is it just the neglect of broadcast media giantism by the government agencies that by law are still required to operate “in the public interest.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush] Reference
As a consequence, I have been allowed to glean more wisdom from my failures in life than from the giantism of my worldly success, and for that I am eternally grateful. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Music, A Memoir]
Dr. Solar #11 - Probably one of the stranger issues of Dr. Solar, as he suffers from a string of bizarre side effects giantism, amnesia brought on yet again by his "powers". From Wordnik.com. [Gold Key "Virtual" Spinner Rack] Reference
»Financial giantism, private or public, isn't the answer. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference
But giantism may occur without tetraploidy, and vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [Hormones and Heredity] Reference
But his giantism has had an odd and problematic consequence. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
# -- One or more of the toes may be the seat of hypertrophy or local giantism. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Scientists were reassuring, however, as they pointed out that the giantism of the. From Wordnik.com. [Greener Than You Think] Reference
The trend toward media giantism should be stopped, and the place to begin is this proposed deal. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
# -- This is a form of local giantism affecting one or more digits, and involving all the tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Metamorphizer had anything to do with metabolism and had not merely induced some kind of botanical giantism?. From Wordnik.com. [Greener Than You Think] Reference
He was afflicted by the hereditary giantism of the Latins, and was often moved by motives of petty spite against his inferior rival, Borromini. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
Externally, in the ordinary action of life as distinguished from the literary action proper to his genius, he was no doubt sluggish and weak because of his giantism. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) His Life and Confessions] Reference
We will suffer from giantism, especially in our own back yard, "Cilliers said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Devour halo anarchic giantism. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews - anecdotes] Reference
Oh! happy state of giantism where husbands. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12] Reference
Specialization was breaking trail for giantism. From Wordnik.com. [What's Behind the Lemming Urge?] Reference
The trend toward media giantism should be stopped, and the place to begin is this proposed deal. http://tinyurl.com/yerjxkb. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But financial giantism -- private or public -- isn't the answer. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference
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