Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure what's more uncomfortable: the need for frequent urination or having a catheter threaded up your penis." The machine, called Prostatron, threads a catheter through the urethra into the prostate. A computer pulses microwaves through the catheter, heating the prostate up to 111 degrees, killing excess prostate tissue and relieving the pressure on the urethra, allowing a freer flow of urine. Cooling water circulates through the catheter insuring that the urethra is not burned by the high temperatures. "It does provide a safe alternative to surgery and will probably prove more effective than the drugs available," says Gorman...
...case of CeclorCD, Lilly spokesman Fritz Frommeyer insists that the company's impulse to do good was authentic. He concedes that the tablets were excess stock nearing expiration and that the tax benefits were "one facet" of the decision, but he adds, "We felt that it was the right thing to do." AmeriCares, one of the groups that distributed the medicine, was unaware that such large quantities of CeclorCD had been shipped through other agencies. Operations director Andrew Hannah acknowledges that the drug was not used "to the extent first anticipated" but argues that given the circumstances, the organization felt...
...grew up with them, saw them deported and were made to believe they were "resettled" in the East. The anti-Semitic program of the Nazis was certainly not taken seriously enough when it first started in 1933. Even Kristallnacht in 1938 was regarded by many Germans as an unfortunate excess. The truth, for most of us and most of the world, became evident after the Nazi nightmare was over. SIEGFRIED KRAMER Bonn...
...close at 1 a.m. as well. Like students at Cabot and Hilles, many pour out of Lamont at the closing bell frustrated that they haven't completed enough work for the night. Dorm rooms simply aren't as accommodating to the working undergrad--a lack of privacy and an excess of noise prevent total concentration...
...true intention. But the black comedy here is not even close to that of "Pulp Fiction" and "Shallow Grave." The screenplay doesn't keep up with the humor that it strives for, and the narration becomes quite unnecessary as the movie progresses. It also suffers from an excess of graphic violence; there are vomiting scenes a-plenty, making this a good last-date movie...