Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moment at least it seems premature to worry about the godlessness of the young. If anything, there is an excess of religiosity. Consider the replies received when last year Stanford University asked its applicants to write an essay on what subjects they would like to write a book about...
...less interested in solo practice and a big income. None of the new doctors expect to starve, of course, and some interns are even demanding and getting salaries in excess of $10,000 a year. But a growing number of young physicians are seeking partnerships or jobs in which they will work standard hours for salary and share with their colleagues the responsibility of responding to after-hours emergency calls. Says Harold Jaffe, 25, an intern at U.C.L.A...
...program, he successfully reconciles McGovern the idealist and McGovern, the pragmatist. Campaigning under the lincoln green banner of Robin Hood, he proposes a tax system to "take from the rich and give to the poor" and does everything but call President Nixon the Sheriff of Nottingham. His program includes excess profits tax, an end to oil depletion allowances, a realistic minimum income tax, an increased tax on millionaires, and better consumer protection...
...figures reach 80%. Another problem is that foreign competitors have been underselling U.S. manufacturers by as much as 15%. Even though Nixon's program wilt tend to equalize prices, the overseas companies will present another threat. As a result of the recent economic slowdown abroad, they have developed excess production capacity and can offer quick delivery of tools...
...fine words with his free hand and shouting "Enough!" And yet ... and yet ... (as Novelist Garrett, whose prose is measled with portentous dots, might write) the gaudy style is grounded in intelligence, and it fits the character and the times. Raleigh, the last Elizabethan, had swagger and intelligence in excess. That being so, it was wise of the author to be liberal; excess carefully spooned would be absurd...