Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...private nanny or au pair usually assures a child more individual attention. Professional couples, who must work long hours or travel, often find that such live-in arrangements are the only practical solution, though the cost can exceed $300 a week. However, most live-in sitters in the U.S., unlike the licensed nannies of Britain, have no formal training. Many speak English poorly, and agencies frequently do a cursory job of screening them. A Dallas mother who asked an attorney friend to run a check on her newly hired nanny was told the woman was wanted for writing bad checks...
...deal, Boeing agreed to purchase $700 million in promissory notes convertible to stock in the airline's parent, Allegis, based in Elk Grove Village, Ill. If Boeing acquires stock, it could become the company's largest shareholder and thus help Allegis thwart hostile takeover attempts. Boeing cannot exceed a 30% share without the consent of Allegis' board...
...celebrators paid a nickel apiece for the privilege of walking across the bridge on its first day. Those opening ceremonies, which included a flyover by 450 planes from three aircraft carriers, ended up $70,000 in the red. In these more extravagant times, expenditures for the golden anniversary festivities exceed that, but confused organizers say they do not know by how much. Although scaled down from original plans to rival last year's Statue of Liberty centennial in New York harbor, the bridge's birthday will include a 50-gun salute, a flyover and fireworks, as well as the usual...
...widely admired investment banker with a yearly income said to exceed $1 million sneaks into Wall Street alleys to sell insider tips, for which he later collects a briefcase stuffed with...
...millions to the acre. The greatest concentrations are expected in the suburbs of Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, where the days will be filled with a cacophony of ticks and buzzes that will wax and wane with the heat of the sun. A population in full song can exceed 100 decibels, roughly the level of a circular buzz saw at full throttle...