Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Updike looks lean and fit. He claims an excess of 5 Ibs., but has visibly avoided Rabbit's paunch. He was jogging while writing Rabbit Is Rich but has stopped, at least for a while. He retains an interest in skiing, although he finds "it gets increasingly scary, the stiffer I feel and the more fragile." Social life consists of a round of dinner parties and frequent trips to Boston to see friends, ballet...
...effectively. "Heart of Mine", which follows, is a pretty, piano-based tune with a calypso beat that lends it a tropical flavor. A subtle relationship seems to exist between the two songs. Both deal with love: the first viewing it as a necessary drug and the second warning of excess...
...campaign--the largest in Brown's history--has received 27 "leadership gifts" in excess of $1 million. Most gifts have come from individuals and only 20 per cent from corporations and foundations, Robert Sieple, vice president for development, said last week, adding that, "We have gone through only 10 per cent of our top prospects--there is still a lot of potential...
...selection of grand juries, which hear a prosecutor's presentation of a case and then decide whether a suspect should be indicted. Grand juries are supposed to protect citizens against intimidating prosecutions, but many experts now regard them as a needless anachronism and an opportunity for prosecutorial excess. Most states no longer require their use, but the federal courts and 22 states still insist upon them for serious crimes...
...Their load factors-the number of paying passengers on each plane-were often up during the month of August as compared with a year ago (see chart). Fewer nights carrying more passengers can mean profits for airlines that had been losing money because of the industry's excess capacity. Said Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis: "We feel we will have a more competitive airline industry than we had before the strike...