The magnitude of the problem is huge.

The scope of the phenomenon is enormous.

Pollution is a global externality of enormous proportions.

The economic consequences of these crises have been gigantic.

Moreover, the debt overhang remains massive.

A visitor feels inconsequential in the chaotic vastness of this epic undertaking.

The consequences of the rector s decision are huge.

Income differences were not always so huge.

AIG was a mega insurer.

The scale of the threat is such that we must act without delay.

The changes in finance had been that great.

This means that the rich have been creaming off a giant share of productivity growth.

If, like me, you're wearing a gold ring, it was forged in a supernova explosion.

The social consequences of May 1968 are nonetheless huge.

The number of such projects is so large that the list may never be fully completed.

In an environment as deadly as this, the details and symbolism of a possible settlement are bound to loom very large.

The market is nervous mostly about the prospect of large fiscal deficits as far as the eye can see.

During recent years, the United States borrowed gigantic sums of money from the rest of the word.

Peace is indivisible in the Sudan as well, however large and diversified the country may be.

The long and intense political campaign has revealed huge differences in the two candidates positions, style, and personal qualities.

Indeed, the share of government in employment in Scandinavia is surprising.

In the US, the uneven and weak recovery has been sustained by extraordinarily expansive monetary policies and ongoing large fiscal deficits.

Very large banks in small territories with small scale governments are vulnerable.

But ever bigger business also had a profound social impact, and here the ledger entries were not all in the positive column.

Knitting together 17 disparate economies, cultures, and institutions was a monumental undertaking, fraught with risk.

So, all things considered, China s looming leadership transition is shaping up to be a very challenging period for China and the world.

That the advocates of unconditional privatization are now crying out for state support would be cause for cynical laughter if the danger were not as big as it is.

Ideally from their point of view they will bulk up without attracting regulatory scrutiny, i.e., no ex ante limits on their risk taking activities will be imposed.

China is already the world s third largest trading nation and rapidly developing its port capacities to manage an ever increasing volume of trade.

For example, American tax and bankruptcy laws, combined with deregulation policies, effectively encouraged the creation of a hypertrophied financial sector.

Yet even he did not touch the economy s gargantuan quasi governmental sector the source of the most horrendous waste and misspending.

The challenges that face Prime Minister Prachanda, the incoming coalition government, and the Constituent Assembly, are immense, and trust is fragile.

Some prominent senators even suggested that very large European banks represented something of a role model for the United States.

I do not believe it is right to make a change of such magnitude without specifically consulting the people on whose behalf we govern.

But the challenge may not be as daunting as it seems. The rate of population growth will be much slower than over the past 50 years, and there is much room for reducing the vast quantities of food that are now wasted.

Until recently, China seemed their ultimate destination, claiming an ever larger share of investment by Asia s huge production networks.

But this focus on internal growth will have massive political consequences, both domestically and in foreign policy terms.

Once that happens, the impact on neighboring countries and on the world economy will be huge compared to the current European problem.

WASHINGTON, DC There are two competing narratives about recent financial reform efforts and the dangers that very large banks now pose around the world.

The pressure on the planet s resources, commodities, water, and food will be huge, making a global rebalancing practically inevitable.

The second major shock came with Argentina's currency collapse of 2002 3, after which Argentina's government demanded an extremely large debt write off.

Given their large foreign exchange reserves, we believe the time to begin such an initiative is now.

Rapid mass loss can occur in the case of a Wolf Rayet star, and these massive objects show a spectrum that is lacking in hydrogen.

And he thought about using binary. The problem with using binary is that the machine would have been so tall, it would have been ridiculous. As it is, it's enormous.

The sums required from the international financial institutions were so large that it began to be possible for currency speculators to envisage circumstances in which there would be no help.