Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this problem, Harvard should investigate the feasibility of installing galvanometers and hot water flow guages in individual suites. Then the University could directly bill rooming groups only for the energy they actually use. If monthly billing is deemed too inefficient, Harvard could levy a special surcharge on students who exceed a maximum threshold...
...demographic impact is dramatic: in South Korea, where fetal testing to determine sex is common, male births exceed female births by 14%, in contrast to a worldwide average of 5%. In Guangdong province, the China news agency Xinhua reported, 500,000 bachelors are approaching middle age without hopes of marrying, because they outnumber women ages 30 to 45 by more than 10 to 1. Alarmed by such imbalances, some governments have taken steps to limit the use of amniocentesis as a prelude to female feticide. Asian nations also hoped to influence parents by designating 1990 the Year of the Girl...
Although Kaufman said that precise costs cannot be determined until architects design more detailed blueprints, he estimated that the new building will cost about $8 to $10 million. He added that the total cost of all the library renovations will considerably exceed that figure...
While precise terms of the treaty are still being worked out, some of its provisions have been announced. The same ceilings will apply to both alliances, and within those ceilings, no country can exceed certain levels...
After comparing notes, few conferees saw much ground for optimism. "Southern California cities are spending $100 million a year for cleanup, and the national cost may exceed $4 billion," says vandalism expert Jay Beswick, founder of the National Graffiti Information Network...