Earth had turned back to largely conventional weapons for its defense with the exception of one gargantuan project that was already under way: the Grand Cannon.

MR. SCANNIELLO embarked on this gargantuan project two years ago after realizing that perfectly healthy plants were languishing for some mysterious reason.

Not surprisingly, the gargantuan project has faced obstacles.

He has yet to get city approval for this gargantuan project, which has drawn a storm of protest from people living in the neighborhood.

The immediate issue is whether the gargantuan project makes sense.

The troubles are coming to light more than five years after the gargantuan project was first proposed and after $100 million had been spent to perform research and draw up construction plans.

These gargantuan projects were numbered among the wonders of the modern world.

DARE - the Dictionary of American Regional English - was a gargantuan decades-long project then housed several offices down from mine and always spoken of in astonished and reverential tones.

Mr. Kahan was once the head of the state's Urban Development Corporation, conceiving and managing gargantuan projects like Roosevelt Island, Battery Park City and the Javits Center.

The case ultimately swelled into a gargantuan project involving dozens of plaintiffs' lawyers representing 46 states and five United States territories.