Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is a character factor here. What makesyou different at the end of the day is not aHarvard degree--there are quite of few of them.You're not measured of excess beyond need...
...apogee of excess, however, was a $3 million extravaganza staged in Paris by Thierry Mugler, who took over the Cirque d'Hiver to celebrate his 20th year in the business. A standing-room-only crowd of 1,700 watched as nearly 100 models and dancers cavorted on a multilevel stage. He had the finest flowering of supermodeldom, plus drop-ins by former Hitchcock star (The Birds) Tippi Hedren-one of whose gowns was decorated with feathers-and heiress Patty Hearst. Mugler is about the only person left who presents corsets and bustiers, but at least he made them sexy...
After only forty minutes of deliberation, a jury at the Cambridge District Court delivered a verdict of not guilty to Walsh, who faced charges of malicious destruction of personal property in excess...
...rubber dildoes served as the primary pieces of evidence in the case against Walsh, who is accused of malicious destruction of personal property in excess...
...than one percent--but that was motivated by a desire to avoid the consequences (myriad and nasty). We organizationally challenged people are used to sitting on the floor in lecture halls and apologizing for being late. When I was little, I used to run everywhere because I had enough excess energy to power New York for a week. Now I run everywhere because I'm chronically behind schedule. Somehow, everything seems to take longer than expected--showers, papers, Internet sessions...