Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year. One of four Americans suffers from some form of high blood pressure, though many do not know it. The so-called silent killer, it often remains symptomless and undetected for years until it leads to a disabling or deadly heart attack or stroke. For the unaware and unwary, excess salt is all too often its equally stealthy silent accomplice...
When the Corporation voted last week to raise the cost of attending the College by nearly 15 percent, students and parents who will face staggering bills in excess of $12,000 wondered...
After the match, Boyum expounded on such things as cutting out the excess in his stroke, and eliminating the topspin, but it was a recurrent theme that the outcome of the match circled back to: "When the big points came, I knew I'd get them...
Congress will search line by line through the Pentagon proposals in the hunt for waste and excess. The legislators will find, however, that the defense budget resists quick cuts that result in very large immediate savings. Salaries and retirement pay account for almost one-fourth of the budget and are hard to reduce because of the need for a steady stream of recruits and re-enlistments in lieu of a draft. The controversial strategic superweapons of the future, such as the B-1 bomber program and the MX missile, will be debated to determine whether the U.S. should commit itself...
...often been the most sensitive barometer for world oil prices. During 1979 and 1980 leaping spot market prices encouraged oil exporters to begin raising their long-term contract prices to levels that eventually reached $40 per bbl. With demand now ebbing, more and more companies have been dumping their excess crude and petroleum products on the spot market. By last week spot prices had slipped to a low of $30.75. A market expert with one of the top multinational oil companies points out that even the Soviets, who have long been major exporters to East bloc nations, are dumping...