Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...liberty to use what he wagers; 2) he acts of his free will; 3) there is no fraud; 4) there is equality between the parties to the game. Nevertheless gambling has been denounced by saints, church councils, Popes.* Of gambling, the Catholic Encyclopedia remarks: "If indulged in to excess it leads to loss of time, and usually of money; to an idle and useless life spent in the midst of bad company and unwholesome surroundings; and to scandal which is a source of sin and ruin to others. It panders to the craving for excitement and in many countries...
...Roosevelt I (TIME, Dec. 16, 1935). In Manhattan, Adrian Hoffman Larkin, Virginian Board Chairman and trustee of the Rogers estate, laconically announced that 75% of the Virginian's common stock had been sold to interests identified with Andrew William Mellon. The consideration, said Mr. Larkin, was in excess of $31,000,000. Actual purchaser was a group headed by Koppers Co., Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates and First Boston Corp. The presence of First Boston (see p. 52) irr what was otherwise a pure Mellon deal could be explained by the fact that that big underwriting concern plays banker...
...Jonah" showed a profit slightly in excess of $100, whereas its predecessor, "The Wind and the Rain," produced last year, only went into the black by about $10. Past plays have either lost heavily or just barely broken even...
...Artist Malherbe has just one interest out side his painting: Nornie, his black-saddled wirehaired fox terrier, which he likes to put in figure compositions. Represented in a dozen good collections, Artist Malherbe has a technical peculiarity. He paints everything on panels of soft wood, to ab sorb the excess oil in his pigments, and refuses to varnish any picture until ten years after he has painted it. He believes colors take that long...
Prime reason for sterilizing new gold supplies is to put an end to the steady rise in excess bank reserves. Last summer when the figure for excess reserves was around $3,000,000,000, Chairman Eccles boosted reserve requirements 50%, a move which reduced the total to $1,800,000,000. Since then some $500,000,000 worth of gold has flowed into the U. S., a sum which will show up as excess reserves after the year end. Before the winter is over reserve requirements will probably be upped a second time. The sterilization plan was designed to keep...