Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudis are asking aloud why, in times of shortage, they should produce oil in excess of their plans so that America, with 6% of the world's population, can continue to consume 30% of the supply. If a treaty between Egypt and Israel is signed that does not meet Saudi expectations of fairness, relations with the U.S. are bound to get chillier...
...many Americans to understand that corporations in South Africa have not been, and will not be, a force for fundamental change. First, it must not be overlooked that multinational corporations locate in South Africa in large part because of the opportunity to earn a rate of return far in excess of that available in their home countries. These extra profits are in turn made possible by the existence of a large, non-union, underpayed non-white labor force deprived of elemental civic, political and legal rights and protections...
...infuriated by the blatantly sensationlistic story by J. Wyatt Emmerich and Alexandra D. Korry in the Crimson of March 2. Your article, which by its banner headline implied a connection between Senator Kennedy and a $200 contributor to his campaign, is a disgusting example of journalistic excess. Thousands of people contribute to any political campaign. Future revelations about the activities of small contributors cannot be held to reflect on candidates...
...also cautioned a friend against excess criticism: "To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness...
Bolton's Law of Ascending Budgets. Under current practices, both expenditures and revenues rise to meet each other, no matter which one may be in excess.−Rand Institute Fellow Joe Bolton...