Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much of Banco Ambrosiano does the I.O.R. really own? Italian financial sources suggest that I.O.R. ownership may run as high as 10%. Vatican officials insist that the figure is exaggerated, but have left open the possibility that the Vatican bank's ownership may exceed the officially reported...
...news behind him, Continental Chairman Roger Anderson took the highly unusual step of publicly discussing details of the bank's loans with investment analysts and journalists alike. Said he of the Penn Square fiasco, in which Continental has so far written off $45 million in risky loans that exceed $1 billion: "It has been a body blow to us. Our confidence and pride have been hurt but not gravely wounded...
Whatever the motives, the balanced-budget amendment must now be taken seriously. It provides that Congress each year adopt a budget plan under which total spending does not exceed total receipts. Once that is done, "Congress shall not pass and the President shall not sign any bill" that would push actual spending above the estimated totals. As a further prod to keep spending down, taxes could not increase as a proportion of national income unless Congress specifically voted to let this happen (on the other hand, a deficit could legally occur if tax collections fell below expectations). There...
...Parrel! stretching a Farrell part is a front-line experience; dancing just does not go further . . . And though she advanced to the very limit of the ballet's style, she never toppled into distortion. Farrell's choreography in Chaconne is already a study in rococo excess. To exceed excess and still not distort: quite a feat...
Reagan's high-stakes offer could spur resolution of the dangerous deadlock in Beirut. But there were rumblings at home and abroad last week that the risks might exceed the potential rewards. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev sent a letter to Reagan stating that if the U.S. sent its Marines to Lebanon, the U.S.S.R. might counter with moves of its own in the region. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee called President Reagan to express his concern about the plan. Even within the Administration there were qualms. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who has consistently opposed committing U.S. troops abroad...