Word: exceeding
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There are occasions, Amos admits, when the distortions of life far exceed those of art. Evelyn Waugh's scapegrace Basil Seal (Black Mischief) is based in part on an aristocrat who might have arrived from the set of early Monty Python. As a houseguest, Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Fourth Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, liked to borrow a pound from the butler and later tip him with it. The title character of V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas is a version of the author's father, a West Indian journalist. Seepersad Naipaul publicly labeled the rite...
...also would require immediate surrender of licenses to the arresting police officer by drivers whose breathalyzer readings exceed .10. Currently, many drivers continue to drive after they have been arrested, claiming when caught that although their license is suspended, that they had not received full notification, he said...
...basis of a commission staff report, he proposed that the Federal Government suspend programs aiding businesses owned by women and minorities. Known as set-asides, the programs require federal agencies to earmark part of their spending for companies qualifying for the special treatment. Set-aside contracts now exceed $8.5 billion annually. Like affirmative action programs, they are an ideological red flag to many conservatives, who regard them as a form of reverse discrimination. "I am against set-asides, period," says Pendleton. "The basic principles are offensive...
...union charges that Creative Gourmet hasbeen using outside workers to cut huge deficits,which were estimated to exceed $100,000 when thenew management took over in September. Workersreceive time-and-a-half for weekend work--morethan $10 per hour--while outside labor is paidbetween $4 and $5 an hour, Bozzotto said...
Private contributions to congressional campaigns may not exceed $1000. Gallagher and fellow candidate Carla Johnston have said they will not accept funds from organizations representing corporate interests...