Large Scale

“large-scale integrated circuits” in the late 1950s and only recently to “very large-scale integrated circuits”. ❋ Unknown (1984)

West Midlands Police said they were investigating why the crowd had gathered in what they called a "large-scale disorder". ❋ Unknown (2011)

The artist is referring to her large-scale paper constructions, which are replicas of modern structures. ❋ MutualArt (2012)

Naperville police are working with local, state and federal authorities to investigate the so-called Felony Lane Gang, described as a "large-scale, organized vehicle burglary crew" that has operated in as many as seven states. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We don't think the Fed will need to deliver further quantitative easing during 2012," he said, referring to large-scale asset purchases. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Malcolm Gladwell is getting a lot of attention this week for an article in The New Yorker in which he says that in the eulogies that followed Jobs's death, last month, he was repeatedly referred to as a large-scale visionary and inventor. ❋ Frederick E. Allen (2011)

That package is now coming to an end, and Flaherty dismissed the idea of large-scale renewed spending as a panacea. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Navigation charts and equipment: Even for a short daysail in familiar waters, it will be necessary to refer to a large-scale (the most detailed chart of the area to determine the location of any hazards (see Part Four, Chart Symbols, p. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

The East German prime minister, Otto Grotewohl, concurred with this assessment, alleging that “the Western provocateurs with the colorful plaid striped socks, with cowboy pants jeans, and Texas shirts wanted to cause a large-scale political provocation.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

At the same time, the mobility of populations through ordinary travel and relocations, but also large-scale emigration and immigration is projected to skyrocket. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Those that are most likely to be remembered in the history books are large-scale changes, particularly the creation of new faiths altogether. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Historically, American religion has remained vital mostly by adjusting to large-scale social change. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

The largest of these were metal and coal mining in California, the Rockies, and parts of the Southwest; cattle ranching on the Plains; lumber in the Pacific Northwest; large-scale fruit and vegetable agriculture in the inland valleys of California; and oil in Texas, Oklahoma, and Southern California. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

The rise of large-scale commercial farming and the growth of manufacturing before the Civil War dissolved family farms and compelled not just fathers and sons but also mothers and daughters to relocate to support themselves or their families. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

He did cop to the use of “a whiteboard, large-scale Post-it notes, and diagrams.” ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

[Large-scale fraud] aside, another simple way of faking weight-loss results is to use an **earlier** photo of da still-somewhat-slim-at-da-time person (i.e., BEFORE he even STARTED da weight-loss program!) as da "after" photo, and then showing a **later** photo of da person and falsely labeling it as a "before" photo --- i.e., showing da person in his **present** [tubby] bloated status dat he [ballooned] up to **after** starting da calorie-filled quackery-diet, and falsely claiming dat it's da "before" photo! Disgraceful!! ❋ QuacksO (2020)