Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mayor also runs his highly visible officer with a small staff and a budget in excess of $240,000--making it a desirable position, especially in an election year...
Still, experts wonder how long no-frills operators can enjoy such a smooth journey. As new companies enter the market and established chains expand, there is the growing risk of a glut. "Profit potential now is high, but success breeds excess," says Daniel Daniele, an analyst at Laventhol & Horwath, an accounting firm specializing in the lodging industry. Daniele predicts an industry shake-out in the next two to five years, but that is a distant prospect. This summer travelers tooling down interstate highways are sure to find plenty of bargain motels...
...true that college presidents were forced to take these steps not so much for the sake of integrity but for the sake of saving their programs before the public loses faith in college sports. Recent polls have shown that the public is souring on commercial excess of the system originally designed to promote amateur athletic competition...
...computer industry has been a source of profound national pride in recent years. While other parts of the economy have sagged, computer makers have maintained the tradition of American ingenuity and skill. But last week even they seemed badly shaken. Buffeted by plummeting profits, slow sales and excess capacity, the industry resembled a sophisticated data processor suddenly gone awry...
...serious body building, a will to control the body becomes an ambition to transform it. The flesh, mastered, becomes art: hairless, oiled, gargantuan. In ironic alchemy, all the exertions and self-denials turn the body into a gleaming masterpiece of excess...