Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like nurses would be optional, since there is no requirement in the new legislation that a licensed nurse be present. Instead there would be so-called patient rights--to receive mail, keep personal belongings and be free from abuse and forced labor--rights that may duplicate, but do not exceed, the Geneva Conventions for prisoners...
There is an escape hatch in the House proposal: a fail-safe provision stipulating that if annual expenses exceed the budget, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required to get the money out of the fees paid to doctors and hospitals. That is fine if the difference is small. But if it runs into the tens of billions, this week's effort to fill in the blanks will seem pointless...
...still they persist, even in freezing weather in New Hampshire's North Country, where winter temperatures usually do not exceed the state's number of votes in the Electoral College...
Back from summer vacation, Congress rolled up its sleeves to begin tackling the nation's toughest issue: the budget. Though generally trumpeting their frugality, both the Senate and the House passed defense-spending bills that exceed the President's request by more than $6 billion each. Numerous differences remain to be resolved between the Senate's $243 billion defense measure and the House's $244 billion version. Among them: a Senate decision to stop funding more B-2 bombers...
...alike, upscale Sables produced by the company's Lincoln-Mercury division--are on the road. And the largely unchanged Taurus has been the best-selling car in the country for three years running. Together, Taurus and Sable account for one-third of Ford's U.S. auto production and also exceed U.S. sales of all European brands combined, as well as outselling all U.S. Nissan models...