Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...band on the run. The Administration insists it is optimistic. "We think there are things that can happen between now and the summertime that would be a good influence on receiving the money in September," said White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Noted Abrams: "By September there will be in excess of 15,000 men inside Nicaragua fighting hard, and I don't think it's going to be so easy for the Democrats to say, 'Let's abandon them...
...eleven cargo containers, each 40 ft. long. There are 300 costumes, and the headgear alone uses 44 lbs. of pearls, golf balls, chandelier crystals, Ping-Pong balls, espresso coffee filters and rosary beads. Depending on one's perspective, the production is a monument to either glorious or wretched excess...
...Metropolitan Opera, Director Franco Zeffirelli stages a Turandot that is a monument to glorious -- or is it wretched? -- excess...
...nation as large as the U.S. Many U.S.-based importers and retailers believe that auctions could disrupt their steady supply of foreign goods. But advocates of the idea predict that an active secondary market for so-called quota tickets would quickly develop, so that bidders who wound up with excess quota allowances could sell their tickets to others who come up short...
...Reagan Administration has opposed the concept of mandatory auctions. One reason: foreign governments may become less willing to agree to quotas with the U.S., since the Government would be reaping the excess profits that foreign companies once took home. But in the minds of many politicians on Capitol Hill, that windfall revenue is precisely what makes the auction idea so alluring...