Word: excessive
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...less straightforward if certain requirements have not been met to the letter. For instance, since stem-cell lines are drawn from unused embryos donated to research by couples undergoing the IVF procedure, researchers must offer proof that each couple was fully informed of all their options for discarding excess embryos. If the proper documentation doesn't exist, an NIH working group would have to determine whether the spirit of the requirement...
...fell in October, delinquencies, or late payments, rose - a sign that financial firms could expect more losses down the road. Japan, which experienced its fastest growth in two years in the third quarter, is dealing with the nasty problem of deflation, an indication that the economy is suffering from excess capacity. The falling prices, by eating away at the financial health of companies, could lead to more downsizing and slower growth. "The recent price falls are not right and worrisome," Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii recently said. (Read "Abu Dhabi: An Oil Giant Dreams Green...
James Poniewozik's "Moderation in Excess" explains how pursuit of the "fair and balanced" chimera leads media into distortions of "moderate bias" [Nov. 16]. But good reporting is even more profoundly subverted by the obsession with being "first" or "exclusive." All three misguided objectives compromise attainment of the ones that ought to be most prized--thoroughness and accuracy. I find that old-fashioned weekly or even monthly media do best at serving that ideal...
...Americans expect and the services so many need, and still struggling to revitalize an economy that for so many years was the envy of the world. The U.S. has been accumulating debt and owes about $800 billion to China alone; China has been building reserves and now has in excess of $2.2 trillion. China remains a poorer country on a per capita basis but is rapidly becoming an economic superpower. The U.S. is one of the most prosperous and stable countries in the world, but its system is showing signs of age. (See pictures of the best-selling cars...
...benefits have flowed in both directions. Take Walmart. By some estimates, over the past several years, the retailer alone has accounted for 15% of U.S. imports from China, which would mean in excess of $30 billion this year. As those goods enter the port of Long Beach, Calif., they require American workers to offload them, American trains and trucks to ship them and American workers to sell them. None of those facts are visible in the trade statistics, yet they are real. And take a company like Schnitzer Steel of Oregon, a once regional company that collects and sells scrap...