Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some time now, two extraordinary institutions-the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein-have been at loose ends. The Philharmonic has suffered from an excess of guest batons and a lack of inspired leadership. Leonard
...foreign country--and after all, the bulk of basic research in atomic physics and rocketry has been done by foreigners. Moreover, such a disqualifying factor as having even distant relatives in a Soviet-bloc country, though sensible in general, has become an ironclad rule. But perhaps the most outstanding excess of the men in padded shoes is demanding exhaustive security clearance for minor and non-sensitive posts: file clerks, janitors, and supply-room employees...
SURPLUS-DISPOSAL program, whereby U.S. sells excess farm goods for foreign currencies, will be extended one year beyond current cutoff date of next June 30. Administration expects congressional approval to ship goods worth at least $1 billion. Money will be used in foreign aid or to pay for running U.S. agencies abroad...
...potent drug, chlorothiazide (trade-named Diuril by manufacturers Merck Sharp & Dohme, though not yet released for general prescription use), taken by mouth, can be highly effective as a diuretic, stimulating the body to get rid of excess water, which causes edema (dropsy) in patients with enlarged and failing hearts. Columbia University's Dr. John H. Laragh and Dr. Felix E. Demartini reported that chlorothiazide works well by itself, also increases the effectiveness of other diuretics when given in small-dose combinations. In three cases where no drug worked alone, a combination did the trick. The A.H.A...
Unfortunately, the current inflation would not appear to be correctable by such a monetary device; it is not simply the result of excess buying power or too much income competing for too few goods. There are indications that prices are being pushed up in competitive markets not by excess demand, but rather by rising wages, profits and incomes in less competitive industrial and service sectors of the economy...