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However, it would be quite a mammoth task to establish such an Office.

One picture shows 44 men towing a colossal statue.

So far, it has a whopping 18 supporters.

Colossal squid are a major prey item for sperm whales in the Antarctic 14 of the squid beaks found in the stomachs of these sperm whales are those of the colossal squid, which indicates that colossal squid make up 77 of the biomass consumed by these whales.

Sigurd beat his uncle at the colossal Battle of Bråvalla, and became the ruler of Denmark as well.

Super Colossal is the eleventh studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 14, 2006 through Epic Records.

On the album Super Colossal , the song titled Crowd Chant was originally called Party on the Enterprise .

The colossal squid also has the largest eyes documented in the animal kingdom a partly collapsed specimen measured in diameter, with a pupil.

But today we have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.

Whether it s a massive cyclone or horrible floods we have seen people going above and beyond to help those around them.

Whatever the popular view of Somerset, the disastrous events of 1549 were taken as evidence of a colossal failure of government, and the Council laid the responsibility at the Protector's door.

The beak of M. hamiltoni is the largest known of any squid, and more robust than that of the giant squid.

We have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, he warned, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.

In Northern Europe, Greek mythology never took the same hold of the visual arts, but its effect was very obvious on literature.

It has been estimated that moving a colossal head required the efforts of 1,500 people for three to four months.

It was a moving demonstration of what the words united nations are supposed to mean a true union of nations joined together in a colossal effort for good.

These examples are seen in present day Nara and Kyoto, most notably a colossal bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana in the Tōdai ji temple.

Nero also commissioned from the Greek Zenodorus a colossal 35.5 m (120 RF) high bronze statue of himself, the Colossus Neronis.

The film was released to lukewarm reactions by critics, who called it beautifully filmed, but decidedly dull a colossal waste of a talented cast.

The total expenditure on the castle had soared to the colossal sum of over one million pounds ( 817 million in 2008 terms) by the end of the project.

A dollar purchased at the official rate can be sold for almost twice as much in the blue market in Argentina and a whopping ten times more in Venezuela.

The gap between the super rich and the rest of society seemed less colossal not just in terms of income and wealth, but also in terms of attachments and social purpose.

Fusoya also explains that a Lunarian named Zemus plans to destroy life on the Blue Planet so that the Lunarians can take over, using Golbez to summon the Giant of Babil, a colossal robot.

This sounds like an enormous undertaking, and it is but, with some rail lines already existing (some for many decades), the project could be completed by the 2015 target date.

The Domesday Book meticulously documents the impact of this colossal programme of expropriation, revealing that by 1086 only about 5 per cent of land in England south of the Tees was left in English hands.

And, clad in yellow party t shirts and waving their flags in allegiance to Sokha, the fan turnout exceeded the capacity of Phnom Penh s colossal Olympic Stadium a pleasant surprise in the Party s expectations.

Few expect such a colossal achievement, of course, but far fewer expect anything remotely similar from Catherine Ashton, the EU s foreign policy czarina, or, for that matter, any European leader.

See also Sasanian art Sasanian family tree Sasanian music Military of the Sasanian Empire List of Sasanian revolts and civil wars Notes References Bibliography G. Reza Garosi (2012) The Colossal Statue of Shapur I in the Context of Sasanian Sculptures .

Removing the risk of a euro implosion which, given massive global imbalances, derivatives markets run amok, and the colossal scale of America s budget deficit, could catalyze a major international crash presupposes two fundamental changes in Europe.

Darius the Great, in an attempt to subdue the Scythian horsemen north of the Black sea, crossed over at the Bosphorus, using an enormous bridge made by connecting Achaemenid boats, then marched up to the Danube, crossing it by means of a second boat bridge.

After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the State Apartments, full of Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings.

The gopuram's origins can be traced back to early structures of the Tamil kings Pallavas and by the twelfth century, under the Pandya rulers, these gateways became a dominant feature of a temple's outer appearance, eventually overshadowing the inner sanctuary which became obscured from view by the gopuram's colossal size.

You have the National Security Agency building the world's giantest spy center. It's just this colossal it's five times bigger than the U.S. Capitol, in which they're going to intercept and analyze communications, traffic and personal data to try and figure out who's the troublemaker in society.