Word: excessive
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That Kerkorian doesn't even drive a GM car suggests he may not be in love with the goods. Loaded down with excess factory capacity, waning SUV sales and crushing health-care liabilities, the company is no quick turnaround play. So you have to wonder, What is he thinking? Kerkorian isn't talking--he has been virtually silent with the press since 1971. But there was no shortage of speculation on Wall Street and in Detroit. The scuttlebutt: that Kerkorian will try to force GM to spin off its lucrative financing unit, GMAC; that he will try to line...
...today, members of the Darfur Action Group will meet with Harvard College administrators. On the agenda is a proposal that, if implemented, would give Harvard undergraduates the opportunity to donate their excess Board Plus and Crimson Cash balances to the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF), a group that provides logistical support to the African Union peacekeeping mission in the Darfur region of Sudan. Government-supported militants have killed tens of thousands in the region, in what many have called a genocide...
...free/ I got a feelin' and then it got to me" floats by, you might wonder a bit about his depth, but in Daniel's dry croak, generalities and absurdities seem to take on meaning. He sounds a bit like Paul Westerberg, but Daniel's irony stems from an excess of feeling, not an absence of it (think of the difference between Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum), and his cadence makes words feel hard earned and universal. Being beaten down by love is an old act, of course, but then so is rock 'n' roll. Gimme Fiction has an amazing...
...techniques at their disposal: they can choose grapes carefully and blend grapes from several different vineyards. During fermentation, they make dozens of choices, such as what the temperature in the tank should be and what kind of yeast should be added. Reverse osmosis can also be used to remove excess water or alcohol; micro-oxygenation can soften a red wine's tannins so you can drink it now rather than wait a decade...
...Harvard’s meal plan receive $50 per semester of BoardPlus, which can be used at 11 HUDS-operated restaurants on Harvard’s Cambridge and Longwood campuses. Unused BoardPlus dollars expire at the end of each school year, prompting many undergraduates to rush to spend the excess money each spring...