Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...airline flights gained altitude last week. In the first legislation of its kind, California prohibited smoking on flights that begin and end in the state as of Jan. 1. Whether the law can be enforced, however, is an open question. California Governor George Deukmejian admits that the legislation may exceed the state's authority, since federal law gives % the U.S. Government the right to regulate the airlines...
...tanker war raged around them. As they proceeded, yet another flotilla of U.S. warships sailed into the Gulf of Oman. The arrival of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri and five escort vessels brought the total U.S. naval force in the region to 46 ships. The Western armada may soon exceed 60 ships when additional British and French vessels arrive. And last week Italy announced that it was sending a naval task force to the gulf to protect its merchant shipping...
...disclosed last week that it had cut a deal with the Miami model-actress for a movie based on her life, to air next spring. For a sum rumored to exceed $100,000, Rice agreed to tell all, including what, if any, monkey business transpired between her and former Presidential Candidate Gary Hart on that fateful weekend in Bimini...
...work would cost an estimated $80 million and would not be completed until 1990. Schlesinger admitted that it would "require a level of Soviet cooperation that exceeds anything they have heretofore provided." Even so, he suspected cooperation might be forthcoming, given Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's hope for an arms-control pact with the U.S. Said Schlesinger: "They will recognize that the cost of failing to accommodate us . . . will far exceed the gains...
...foreign-built electronic robots stormed the U.S. market. At Unimation, sales dropped from $70 million in 1983 -- the year Westinghouse bought the firm -- to $45 million in 1985, then to $38 million last year. Overall, Japanese robotmakers account for 28% of all sales in the U.S. Worldwide, Japanese sales exceed those of U.S. competitors...