Word: excess
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter is of even more importance to a partly state supported institution. With these the taxpayers are to be considered, a group far in excess of any alumni body, yet few college officials and teachers appreciate the fact. The attitude of some of these is that dirty linen should not be washed in public. To this a sufficient answer is that it is better to be washed in public than not at all. They forget that once an incorrect story gets in print, subsequent denials will never catch up with the lie. They also fail to remember that news cannot...
...caption: Gland Glad, Papa's Silent Partner. The aforesaid advertisements represented that the use of its product 'Brings quick animation, ready response, lingering satisfaction. If your vitality is low gladden your glands... Be a he-man'; when in truth and in fact the aforesaid representations were exaggerated and in excess of probable accomplishment...
...called basic courses, like History 1, Government 1, and Fine Arts 1c and 1d, never have been laden with an excess of the books demanded for collateral reading for each test. Since the directors of these courses consider the schoolboy system of weekly or fortnightly tests to be a necessary part of them, they might lessen the burden by more efficient administration of the library. It is inconvenient enough to be obliged to wait for books during the hours that the library is open, without being hampered by the further stringent regulations in force at Fogg. There one finds...
Final figures of the appropriations made by Congress in the short session closed last fortnight, reach the sum of $4,633,000,000. Never since the Budget Bureau was set up were its recommendations so far exceeded by appropriations-an excess of some six and a half million dollars. In the previous session of the 70th Congress $4,628,000,000 was appropriated. Total appropriations by the last three Congresses are as follows: 68th Congress (1923-25)-$7,935,000,000 69th Congress (1925-27)-$8,620,000,000 70th Congress...
...brief and to the point if it is to command any readers. The Daily Emerald of the University of Oregon in order to comply with this rule has abolished its editorial column, substituting letters from the student body on subjects of general university interest. As a result, any excess verbiage with which the editorial writers might have loaded the paper has been replaced by concise remarks of the individual student...