Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hoover Dam system on the Colorado, Congress settled on water quotas for the states involved. Assuming the normal flow of the lower Colorado to be 7.5 million acre-feet per year *Congress assigned 4.4 million to California, 2.8 million to Arizona, 300,000 to Nevada. Any flow in excess of 7.5 million was to be divided equally between California and Arizona. The essential question was whether the 1928 formula applied only to the main stream of the river, as Arizona contended, or to the main stream plus the tributaries. as California claimed. California's interpretation, unsurprisingly, would work greatly...
Even babies notice the difference. As they suck in the milk, the plastic dispenser contracts; the bottom draws into the hollow of the top to prevent excess air from seeping in. "Since there is no intake of air," says a Denver nurse, "the infants cry less, sleep better and are better satisfied." Studies at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan showed that 98% of milk samples from Beniflex bottles met safety standards, while only 92% of glass-bottle samples checked out as well. Because there are far fewer chances for contamination or human error, says one hospital research report...
...Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, 63. Then the so-called father of the atomic submarine boarded the Andrew Jackson, first nuclear-powered sub to be tested since the Thresher disaster, and disappeared into the briny off Mare Island, Calif. A Polaris-type ship, the Andrew Jackson went to depths "in excess of 400 feet." carrying with her a psychological burden crucial to the entire U.S. nuclear submarine program. W7hen she returned safely to port some 36 hours later, Rickover issued a terse verdict: "successfully completed initial trials." But Rear Admiral Edward J. Fahy, Mare Island commander, was less restrained: "This...
...Commerce -and the businessmen liked what they heard. They gave Romney standing ovations both before and after his speech, repeatedly interrupted his address with applause. Romney preached his own gospel of individual inspiration and citizen participation in politics. Said he: "The big issue 100 years ago was whether the excess sovereignty of the states was going to destroy the Union and the Constitution. The big issue today is whether the excess concentration of federal power and sovereignty is going to destroy state, local and individual freedom and responsibility...
...have caused more ulcers than were ever cured, and killed too many patients. The first great advance in ulcer treatment, says Dr. Moore, came in 1943, when Chicago's Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt reported that cutting the vagus nerves (vagotomy) would keep the stomach from producing the excess acid that eats a hole in the wall of the duodenum. Dr. Moore's prescription for a duodenal ulcer severe enough to require surgery: Cut both vagus nerves, but cut out no part of the stomach -only enlarge its outlet...