Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boss of Canada's uranium monopoly, announced that Canada's second major mine would go into production, probably next year, at Beaver-lodge Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan. He fixed its initial production at 500 tons of ore daily, revealed that its output "will probably be considerably in excess of our Great Bear Lake property"-thus more than doubling Canadian output...
Under the present plan, production standards are set according to the time an average worker needs to do a given job; employees get bonuses for all work in excess of the standards, also share in a profit-sharing plan. At first the union (the A.F.L.'s International Association of Machinists) balked at the incentive scheme. But now almost everyone is happy, since employees get 50% more pay than others doing similar work in the area...
...from the fact that we have a huge national debt left over from World War II, a pay-as-you-go policy is vital in order to give every citizen a sense of real participation in the defense effort and at the same time to absorb some of the excess purchasing power which stimulates inflation," he added...
...terms, the Cureton cure consists of 1) regular, rhythmic exercise (e.g., a half-hour swim or a twomile walk each day), to strengthen the body's big muscles and promote the flow of blood back to the heart; 2) a diet of more green and yellow vegetables, no excess fats, starches or sugars, and "not too much of anything." Dr. Cureton stresses the fact that this is not a reducing regimen, nor is it for sick men. The purpose is to tone up the cardio-vascular system, strengthen the heart, improve the digestion, clear the mind. For busy...
...More than a billion dollars a year could be saved by standardizing the industry's crazy quilt of odd sizes of materials. ¶ Foundations required for one-story houses are far in excess of any real need. ¶ Practically every small house is structurally overdesigned (i.e., wastes lumber). ¶ Standard, prefabricated plumbing assemblies could save millions of pounds of pipe and millions of man-hours now wasted piecing together special assemblies. ¶ Ceiling heights and sill heights could be further standardized so that lumber and wallboard producers could supply materials precut to fit. ¶ Millions of pounds of copper...