Word: excessions
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...Saudi Arabia tried to fill the gap with its own surplus, that did not suffice. "The drop in production in Iran was the important factor in the price boost," says a U.S. Treasury official. "The Saudis are able to hold off the price hawks as long as they have excess capacity. They couldn't push any further, though, and had to give...
...modern excess can match the monumental efforts of our forbears. I probably wouldn't be hard for most of us to put ourselves out for the court by doing mortal damage to a couple of geese or an eighth of a cow, but even our Victorian friends would turn their noses up at such paltry quantities of grub. And to get a true idea of the real spirit of Christmas, (or any holiday for that matter) you've got to go further back, back to times when eating was a full time occupation...
...emphasizing the use of fingers to deal with its almost appropriately scaled repasts. But for those who want to make some attempt to recreast a Plantegenet's Christmas dinner, the past few years have brought more and more cookbooks featuring the recipes, and the dedication to excess, of our more steadfast ancestors. This year's big seller was The Medieval Cookbook by Madelaine Cosman...
...through reading period, building up strength and momentum through examinations, inundating semester break. Then came February, with 27 inches of it, and martial law and Army trucks rattling through deserted streets. Snow set the tone for the coming months: this was to be a year of splendid, horrifying, numbing excess...
Regulatory excess cuts into spending for research and development and for capital investment in new plant and equipment. Corporate cash is spent on devices to clean the air and protect workers rather than on modern machinery that will produce goods more cheaply and efficiently. While that may appear to be an acceptable tradeoff, it leads to fewer jobs for the unemployed and fewer technical discoveries that will benefit the nation. Yale Economist Paul MacAvoy estimates that the shift of investment from productive projects to programs mandated by regulation has cut the growth of the U.S. gross national product...