magnum

• Other artists on the high road to celebrity are also employed in copying this same Opus magnum, the performance of which we shall applaud in July 1882. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End"
• It is called the foramen magnum, and it may well be the most telltale clue as to the humanness of an otherwise questionable cranium. —  Omni: January 1993
• Most producers charge more than double for a magnum, containing two bottles of wine, despite the fact that they are obviously saving on the expense of the second bottle, label, and cork. —  The New Wine Consumer: Wine Brands
• Although the man is teetotaller (a quality I find admirable in people who control nuclear weapons) I did wonder if Tuesday's confirmation of Marine Aubry as leader of our Socialist Party (PS) by a mere 42 votes out of 200,000 odd may have moved him to instruct a flunky to rifle in the cellars of the Élysée palace for a magnum or two of Dom Pérignon. —  Telegraph Blogs
• In 1997, McCabe returned to the fold, and The Verve released what many call their magnum opus, —  TODAYonline

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