Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chinese proverb says, "Where there is an excess of ceremony, there is sure to be deceit...
...Though excess vitamin A can affect all bones equally and cause dwarfing, a difference in leg length usually develops because the child tends to favor whichever leg becomes more painful. Dr. Pease's one hopeful note: if vitamin-A poisoning is detected and stopped in time, the effects are less severe. A girl whose condition was diagnosed when she was only 22 months old already had some permanent bone damage; she is now twelve and there is a leg-length difference of only about a quarter of an inch...
...double appeal: the Brown Foundation will be able to diversify its investments, and George Brown will stay on as president of Brown & Root. For Halliburton, the purchase is primarily a way of hedging its bets. Said Halliburton Vice President John Harbin: "The oil industry in general is troubled with excess production and capacity, and we see no immediate hope of things improving. We're trying to develop a cushion, and all we would like is for Brown & Root to keep going as well...
...treat depreciation as profits you're living off your seed grain." One fact that all sides can agree on is that profit margins in the U.S. would be far better if the economy had not expanded at such a slow pace over the last few years. The excess manufacturing capacity that burdens much of U.S. industry helps to keep corporate overhead costs high. At the same time, by encouraging U.S. corporations to produce more goods than the consumer demands, excess capacity prevents prices from rising as fast as costs-and thus keeps profits slim...
...Fatal Excess. Just before the voting, De Gaulle abandoned his favorite pose of being above party politics. In a powerful pre-election speech on nationwide TV and radio, he urged France to vote against the old-line parties and support his candidates, who were guardians all of "the good of the state, the fate of the Republic, the future of France." The most damaging blow to old-line parties was struck by one of their most respected leaders. Socialist Mollet. An implacable antiCommunist, he is one of the chief targets of France's Reds, who call him a "social...