colossuses

• “Last fall, he began mulling options for a berth outside such media colossuses as NBCUniversal, Walt Disney Co., News Corp. and Time Warner.”

  The Huffington Post: Keith Olbermann: Current TV Will Be All News In Prime Time

• “In Japan, sumo wrestlers are hulking colossuses known for their brawn, not their brains.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Student Sumos

• “With so much attention here at the Cancun climate summit focused on the convoluted politicking between such colossuses as the United States, China, India and the European Union, it's easy to overlook the small guys.”

  The Huffington Post: Jonathan Wootliff: Climate Talks: U.S. Must Transform From Diehard Recalcitrant To Inspirational Leader

• “Better yet, we should be demanding that these bumbling colossuses be broken up into little pieces, and then left to sink or swim on their own like the rest of us.”

  'Too Big to Fail' Has an Easy Answer: Anti-Trust or Public Control and Ownership

• “The median U.S. bank with more than $50 billion of assets -- ranging from colossuses Citigroup and Bank of America to troubled biggies National City or Washington Mutual -- had a Tier 1 capital ratio of about 7.7% according to SNL Financial data.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Banking Crisis Shows Rift

• “But old Jesse McVeigh only sees the trenches in which he and his brother hid from the iron colossuses.”

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• “Lacedaemonians, who were so jealous of each other that they were presently after the war ready to go together by the ears about the setting up a trophy, did not yet repel those Greeks who fled in a fear from the battle from having a share in the honor of those that behaved themselves valiantly, but inscribed their names on the trophies and colossuses, and granted them part of the spoils?”

  Essays and Miscellanies

• “These monstrous flames advanced swaying gently; they transmitted fires to the glass balls on the crests of the temples, to the ornaments of the colossuses and the beaks of the ships, passed beyond the terraces and formed suns as it were, which rolled through the town.”

  Salammbo

• “The porters were asleep in the streets on the thresholds of the houses; the shadows of the colossuses stretched across the deserted squares; occasionally in the distance the smoke of a still burning sacrifice would escape through the bronze tiling, and the heavy breeze would waft the odours of aromatics blended with the scent of the sea and the exhalation from the sun-heated walls.”

  Salammbo

• “The guards of the Legion galloped about at random; the people climbed upon the houses, the terraces, the shoulders of the colossuses, and the masts of the ships.”

  Salammbo

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