Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Massachusetts law and a contract between the City of Cambridge and Ellery Garage state that charges imposed for storage of vehicles that are towed away shall not exceed two dollars for any 24-hour period. The statute is part of Chapter 40, section 22d of Massachusetts state law on traffic regulations...
Because of the recession and soaring benefits for some 30 million Americans, the system has been paying out more than it is taking in from Social Security taxes. Outgo is expected to exceed income by $5.6 billion this year, and if the trend continues, the system will run out of money by the early 1980s. Carter's solution combines liberal and conservative elements: he proposes both an increase in taxes and a slowdown in the sharp rise in benefits...
...place in bleached and bare California has been harder hit by the two-year drought than Marin County. Strict rationing has been imposed, with water priced as high as $50 per 100 cu. ft. for those who exceed their allotments. The first bills under the new plan arrived last week, and some of them made a splash...
While advertising for the controversial shows sold slowly in the U.S., foreign networks were much less hesitant. The rights to foreign broadcasts alone have netted Frost $1 million so far, putting the production into the black. Final profits are expected to exceed $2 million. This means Nixon may pick up $1 million or more for undergoing his grilling by Frost. It might seem, with this on top of his memoir proceeds, that abuse of office pays. Without Watergate, Nixon's views would hardly command such sums...
...House desk, Carter was serious and effective Monday night in delineating the dimensions of the impending energy shortage. Although his words were, as always, delivered in soft Southern tones, they were blunt and stark. If the world's use of oil continues at present rates, he predicted, demand will exceed international production by the early 1980s. Just to stay even would require "the production of a new Texas every year, an Alaskan North Slope every nine months or a new Saudi Arabia every three years...