Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...research into the origins of obesity has begun to offer an absolution of sorts. Last week two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that some fat people, rather than being slothful or gluttonous, have an inborn predisposition to gain weight. Reason: instead of burning off excess calories as others do, obese bodies are programmed to convert them into fat. Thus, while fat people may eat the same amount of food as thinner people do, they gain more weight. Moreover, their tendency to get fat is probably hereditary...
...national tuition average "is going to be again a few points in excess of inflation," said Michael O'Keefe, president of the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education. "The upward pressure on college costs is going to continue," he said...
...particular needs of the jaw line and chin with several short, quick strokes, as deemed necessary, following the shave with four-to-five splashes of cool--approximately 75 degrees, never below 60--water, a half-ounce of one's preferred aftershave, and then a towel pat down to remove excess moisture from the skin...
...appears to have a healthy effect. In a separate study of ten rowers at Harvard, Frisch found that active women produce a less potent form of estrogen than their sedentary counterparts. Result: breast and uterine tumors that depend on the hormone cannot develop as easily. In addition, athletes lack excess body fat, which can predispose people to diabetes...
Tighten mortgage-interest deductibility. Deductions could be disallowed for mortgage interest payments in excess of $20,000 a year for a joint return and $12,000 for an individual. The second-home mortgage deduction could be eliminated. $1.8 billion...