Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years trying to mend the divisions that surfaced in the '60s. Inheriting a society profoundly riven by color and class, he knows that liberalism lost its political capital when it became perceived as something that taxed the majority to advance "special" -- which is to say, "minority" -- interests. Through an excess of gallantry and zeal, liberalism itself created the alienated "them" that deeded the Republicans the White House...
...overall picture of Harvard's response to the health care challenges on its own campus is one of sporadic, incoherent activity. A significant lack of consultation and full communication on the HealthFlex Blue change is followed by a stunning excess of process in considering "domestic partners" coverage. Lasting, effective structures have not been created for committing the University's resources to finding good answers to difficult questions, even though they are called for in the HUCTW Agreement and by many concerned individuals in the Harvard community...
...Shoshoni-Bannock people of the Fort Hall reservation in Idaho secured their right to use 581,000 acre-feet of water flowing through the Snake River under an 1868 treaty. The tribe will use the water for farming and sell any excess...
...reduce their risk of heart disease," says Dr. Millicent Higgins, associate director of epidemiology and biometry at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. She recommends that women have their blood pressure checked and treated if it is found to be high, eat diets low in fat, exercise, lose excess weight and stop smoking. But most important of all, she says, is that "women need to be aware that they can have heart attacks...
When the students enter the lab, they see the cadavers set up on metal tables. The bodies are covered first with layers of plastic and material to keep them moist, and then with a blue denim-like cloth. A metal bucket at the end of the table collects the excess formaldehyde that drains from the body. "Sometimes [the bucket] seems like it's getting a little full," says Elbert Huang...