Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alternatively, the European governments could clamp tighter controls on currency exchanges and capital movements, mostly in an attempt to keep out dollars, which Common Market countries hold far in excess of their needs. That step is favored by France's Giscard, a vehement opponent of currency flotations. This might quiet the markets, but it would constitute a partial reversal of the post-World War II trend toward freer movement of goods and money across national borders. Some combination of floats and controls is also possible...
...third wife Peggy live with their two children in an eight-room, $240 a month, rent-controlled apartment on Broadway (upper Broadway, that is). For a man who describes himself as the most important producer in America, he pays himself a relatively small salary, something in excess of $25,000 a year-little more than petty cash for a David Merrick...
...weight-loss programs is "terrible, much worse than in cancer." Out of every 100 obese patients, some doctors have found, only a dozen can be expected to lose significant amounts of weight in a yearlong treatment program. Of that happy dozen, ten can be expected to gain back their excess poundage during the following year...
Deferred payments are one-year loans at 7 per cent for the amount in excess of what the graduate can pay, which may be renewed so long as the graduate remains in a low-income situation. Applications for post-ponement of payment are to be decided on the basis of Federal income tax returns. If any indebtedness remains after 13 years, the graduate may apply to have the loan "forgiven," with all repayment obligation cancelled...
...time and a half for hours worked in excess of eight hours per day or forty hours per week...