Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loan conscripting 10% of the national wealth at 3% interest, it was made known through the publication of the weekly statement of the Bank of France that not only had the legal note circulation of 41,000,000,000 francs been exceeded by two billion francs, but that the excess money was needed for State purposes. Those that cried "pertide" were...
...birth; for, on that day, it lent the State ?1,200,000 in perpetuity. For 70 years (1884 to 1914) it was practically the sole bank which had the right to issue notes; but, since the outbreak of the War, the Treasury has issued notes far in excess of the Bank of England's issue. The Committee of Treasury, formed of an indefinite number of the older members of the directorate of 24, regulated the daily business between the Bank and the Treasury, for which it is sole banker. As a national bank, it is by no means...
...ladies in upholstered boxes hear again, not daring to open their eyes. Gigli is a friend of Toscanini, who boosted his talents at La Scala, Milan. He has had successes in Spain, Berlin, was once the chief drawing card of the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. This winter, he, in excess of drama, accidentally hurled athletic Soprano Maria Jeritza into the footlights (TIME, Feb. 9)-an unfortunate accident which did not help his popularity. He makes his chief successes in the old, melodious, florid type of Italian opera. When all has been said, cultured Martinelli, Singer Gigli are both able, both...
...comments submitted by individuals are more enlightening even than the figures. They establish in a majority of cases the contention that the number of steady drinkers is very small, but that men of regularly sober habits drink to excess on "certain stated occasions, such as days of football games, end of exam periods...
...Drinking every day, moderately or heavily, has to my knowledge decreased since prohibition. On the other hand, I feel that prohibition has caused many men to drink to excess who probably would never do so otherwise...