Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DEBT TROUBLES have the Treasury Department working overtime on ways to boost the $275 billion ceiling without running into an election-year fight with Congress. One solution would be to allow the Treasury to exceed the ceiling temporarily, providing the year-end debt is within the limit; another would be to change U.S. bookkeeping so that the $40 billion outstanding in non-marketable "special issues"-such as the social-security fund-would not be counted a part of the debt...
...price cutting was the result of too much wheat. Five years ago, 46 nations formed the International Wheat Agreement, and such big producing nations as Canada, the U.S. and Australia agreed to allot a certain amount of their wheat for export in a stipulated price range (not to exceed $1.80 a bushel). When inflation, the Korean war and poor foreign crops put wheat in tight supply, the International Wheat Agreement worked fine, at least for the importing nations, which got what they needed at bargain prices. But recently, with wheat in surplus, I.W.A. has not worked so well. Such nations...
...clause in the new specifications allows college stations to apply for special permission to exceed the new limitations, but WHRB officials are unable to say how easy this permission will be to obtain. To assist them in applying for such special permissions, the Ivy network stations are preparing briefs explaining their individual broadcasting problems...
...high member of the University Corporation has joined with Clifford L. Alexander '55 in writing to the FCC and praising the work of the station in hopes that WHRB might be helped, if it becomes necessary to seek special permission to exceed the new restrictions...
Curiously out of line with this goal, however, is an older rule requiring honors candidates to count every grade in every course they take in their field, no matter how esoteric the course or how far it may exceed ordinary honors requirements. While a poor grade in a "primarily for graduates" course seldom penalizes a concentrator in fields demanding a thesis and generals, it is often damaging in the sciences, where grades alone are the basis for honors determination. For this reason, many prospective scientists, recognizing the gamble involved, shy away from advanced courses in their field or related fields...