Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps from an excess of loyalty, zeal and awe of the presidency, Petersen appeared eager to give the White House every break he could. He was used to undermine his own investigation. On March 21, Nixon asked John Dean why the Assistant Attorney General had "played the game so straight with us." Said Dean: "Petersen is a soldier. He kept me informed. He told me when we had problems, where we had problems and the like. I don't think he has done anything improper, but he did make sure that the investigation was narrowed down to the very, very...
...Sydney Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, to his archrival, Rupert Murdoch, for $20 million. Once an amateur heavyweight boxing champion, Packer was combative, even ruthless, in his business dealings. He described his unsuccessful bids for the yachting America's Cup in 1962 and 1970 as prompted by "an excess of champagne and delusions of grandeur...
...meeting with signs denouncing the profit rise, as well as Gulf involvement in Portugal's African territories (see THE WORLD). The House Commerce Committee last week voted to roll back domestic crude prices, and the Ways and Means Committee is working on a bill that would tax away "excess" profits that are not quickly spent to increase supply. The tax bill also would raise oil company taxes $16 billion over the next six years by phasing out the depletion allowance and tightening taxes on foreign profits. President Nixon has threatened to veto the price rollback and excess-profits...
...forms the basis of the Wurtman-Zervas theory. The two neuroscientists speculate that cells starved of oxygen as the result of strokes die and allow their stored dopamine to escape. Dopamine is normally released only in minuscule amounts, and a sudden flood of the chemical can be lethal. Excess dopamine can cause nearby blood vessels to contract, cutting off oxygen to neighboring cells and thus spreading the stroke damage. After the flood has subsided, there is a serious shortage of the dopamine; the cells killed by the stroke are no longer producing it. Result: the lack of coordination that...
...UNIVERSITIES draw a lot more than excess residents to Cambridge; many businesses, especially in such fields as computers and electronics, are eager to locate near the universities in order to make use of the vast technical expertise available...