Word: excessive
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...educational sources or take information at face value, Schama says, adding that American students are too often willing to accept information unquestioningly. "American students need to be given the courage to attack sources the way British students do." He adds, however, that the British students "often do this to excess." Schama says that although Harvard students are reputed in this country to be very cynical toward the education they receive, "their cynicism is that of wild spontaneous naivete compared to that or their cousins at Oxford or Cambridge...
...report the full extent of the grain shortfall to its readers, newspapers have been full of revealing stories. Farmers have been exhorted to get crops in as fast as possible, before they are drowned by rain. Warnings have been issued against waste. A front-page editorial in Pravda denounced excess eating of bread. Evening Moscow cited World War II Veteran N. Semenov's complaint that "it is impossible to stand by indifferently when you see how many dried-up pieces of bread are being thrown...
...ministers' multiplying troubles came as the direct consequence of the organization's past excesses. By not curbing the price-gouging tactics of hard-liners such as Nigeria, Libya and Algeria, OPEC has pushed up the cost of crude by almost 90% in the past two years, to an average price in excess of $34 per bbl. That rise has fanned inflation and cut economic growth around the world. More important, it has led businesses and individuals to reduce consumption and start looking to such alternative energy sources as coal, natural gas and solar power...
Brandt's return from political oblivion is remarkable considering how far he had fallen. Seven years ago he resigned as Chancellor when it was revealed that one of his most trusted aides was an East German spy. In 1978, weakened by excess weight and a drinking problem, he suffered a ravaging heart attack that, in his own words, brought him "to the border between life and death." The next year Brandt announced his intention to divorce his wife of 31 years. With his drinking under control, today Brandt's buoyant step and year-round tan symbolize the dramatic...
They probably hate the beach because of the sand, sleep in pajamas, never eat spareribs and kiss with their mouths closed. What deprivation. Give me rum raisin, give me butterscotch excess...