Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even before leaving the Pentagon, McPeak pointed out the excess in his own bailiwick, the U.S. Air Force. While the Air Force is the world's largest, with 3,200 planes, the U.S. Navy's warplane fleet of 1,900 ranks as No. 3, after China's 2,800, he pointed out. Not a single one of the U.S.'s currently likely foes has more than about half the number of planes that the U.S Navy alone has. McPeak maintains that the costly demands to outfit and train some 1.5 million troops for two wars is bleeding dry the military...
Davis said he noticed at the beginning of the exam that some students had brought in many more pages than were allowed and told them to put the excess sheets away...
...terribly sorry that some people were flustered; it was a high-tension situation," Davis said. "But I don't know what I otherwise could have done. It would not have been fair to leave the excess pages out there...
...small royalty was added later. "The monks say they were paid legally," says musicologist Alejandro Masso, who produced their new album, "but they also say they could have been paid more elegantly." "Ridiculous," responds EMI executive Steve Murphy. He asserts that the monks have received "substantial" royalties in excess of $40,000, adding that Buruaga is not privy to details of the contract. "That," Masso retorts, "is like telling a cardinal he doesn't know the business of the church." Murphy accuses Milan Records of fomenting the dispute for "publicity purposes" and says EMI will release another album...
...company,saying the unsolicited offer was disruptive and not in the best interests of shareholders. In today's trading, Chrysler's stock was down half a point to $44 5/8, well below the $55-a-share proposed takeover price. Chrysler also announced that it will use excess cash to increase the dividend or buy back shares, moves that could help shareholders...