Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...congressional elections to any degree that a general outcry against "big Business" will not satisfy. Yet the definite disagreements as to where and how liberalism should be applied suggest that the Democratic party still faces its traditional urban-agrarian division; that its only solidifying element is opposition to Republication excess...
...lover, serves her family in season and out; hands over a later suitor-her last chance-to her lovelorn cousin; fusses over the little nephews and great-nephews as they grow up into soldiers, painters and poets out of the mercantile tradition of the family. Aricie grows "inhuman through excess of altruism," a woman who kills herself with kindness to others...
Treatment and prevention: Abundant sleep; open air exercise (horseback riding and aquatic sports before sailing are recommended); proper bowel elimination; diet restricted to such foods as appeal. For vomiting in excess: rest; the prone position. "Iced brandy, champagne or strong coffee may be given through a drinking tube, but if nausea reasserts itself it is best to continue the administration of [certain drugs...
...gold will be shipped back in equal installments terminating Sept. 1987. 3) In the event that the total payments received by Great Britain from her former Allies and Germany shall exceed the sums which Great Britain is repaying to the U. S., then this excess will be, in part, returned to Italy under elaborate restrictions...
...supercharger been functioning properly, I believe it would have been very easy to gain a height greatly in excess of 40,000 feet . . . . Visibility was excellent. . . . The clock froze at about 30,000 feet. . . . I was in no danger at any time. . . . Of course I got a little chilly...