Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussing the effects of radiation on the human body, Tullis explained that no certain cure has as yet been found for excess exposure. He attached great importance, however, to the recent discovery that the lymph glands, the bone marrow, and the spleen are resistant to radiation...
...limit that category to those materials which are clearly and in the short-run directly applicable to Soviet military uses. In addition, the U.S. will have to specify that in order to receive the newly-released materials, the Kremlin will also have to accept consumer goods, and those in excess of other commodities. Some ratio can be created relating the amount of newly-released capital or raw goods to the amount of consumer goods Russia purchases. That is, the U.S. would sell to Russia previously "strategic" goods only if the Soviets agree to import a greater amount of consumer goods...
...spent on any campaign. But these regulations can easily be circumvented and have been in many instances. They do not, for example, place the burden of responsibility for campaign expenditures on any particular person. The regulation on the candidate's spending does not prevent the prospective Senator from shoveling excess funds to his State Committee or to a special group to be used on his behalf...
...years after entering Commons he received the post of Minister of Fuel and Power, responsible for the nationalization of the coal mines. In 1950 he became Minister for Economic Affairs and his first budget drastically slashed the excess expenses of the welfare state...
Because Santee's disregard for the amateur rules was so open, it was bound to backfire, and last fall it did: the Missouri Valley A.A.U. suspended him for accepting excess expenses. It took the enthusiastic support of Kansas Senator Frank Carlson to get him reinstated. Then, at its national convention, the A.A.U. ordered a special committee to reinvestigate Santee. The committee dug up new evidence, decided that Wes Santee had illegally pocketed $1,500 for participating in eight track meets. Last week the A.A.U. set Santee down for life...