O'Connor is a colossal figure in American letters -- not only because of her superior literary craftwork, but because she resides in the Holy of Holies in the hierarchy of writers of Catholic fiction.
Rembrandt produced many paintings on biblical themes as well, among them the colossal "Bathsheba With King David's Letter" (1654), now in the Louvre.
The United States Commission of Fine Arts, which must sign off on every inch of the $100 million memorial, from typeface to tree variety to color scheme, said in a letter that "the colossal scale and Social Realist style of the proposed sculpture recalls a genre of political sculpture that has recently been pulled down in other countries".
The winner: San Diego artist Deborah Brancheau, 33, who created a colossal crane boom lowering the letter "b" into the Forbes logo.
Among the more serious casualties of that colossal failure of leadership was the letter of credit business.
Just last month the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Centre wrote an open letter protesting about the colossal Galaxy Soho office and leisure complex that recently went up in the heart of the city.
When done, shrimp will curl up into the shape of the letter C. For jumbo or colossal shrimp, add another 2 to 3 minutes.
As recounted in the book "Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors," by Charles K. Hyde, she erupted in anger in a letter to the company: What a colossal nerve you have.
Mr. Limbaugh decided to auction the letter, which he described as "this glittering jewel of colossal ignorance," for charity, and he pledged to match the price, dollar for dollar.
He told the conference: In all my time in this job, I've never received more emails, calls and letters about the strain on the NHS and colossal workload you face.
