Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aging exuberance of Vic Faust outshadow anything that the non-burlesque-minded members of the cast are capable of, which may be a clue to the general weakness of the show. A little bit of the Old Howard touch might have served to get some of that excess enthusiasm over to the audience. As it stands, there's a free-for-all battle between the actors and the ticket-buyers. Either way, the customer loses...
...which new records can be made. The need for scrap rubber and metal is too well-known to require comment. Here is something which you can do for the war effort which takes no money. It doesn't even take any time. It will merely clear your room of excess junk and old cloth that is really needed somewhere else...
...higher prices will not cost the Government much because 90% of the money profit it creates will come right back to the treasury next year in excess-profits taxes...
...loose ends, increases toward a city's core. And as urbanization increases, the group control of a homogeneous society-symbolized by the U.S. back fence-disappears. Standards of group and personal behavior break down together when the anonymous city dweller has the "liberty" to drift into unconventionality and excess which are frequently the forerunners of mental crackup...
...stringent limitations on expenditures in the form of far less travel, replacement of supplies, and engagement of new coaches, the Council explained its position. The desired savings, according to F. Barton Harvey '43, committeeman who will present the Council plan, "can be brought about if every sport cuts all excess expenses...