Word: excessive
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Social psychologists study this sort of question for a living, and unfortunately for the idealists, academic research shows that greed will never die and excess will never end. In fact, as the recession deepens - and as the rich hear more and more stories of once secure Americans having to forgo everything from new clothes to basic health care - the wealthy will almost certainly start to spend again, and with renewed avidity. Why? Not because the rich are greedy but because they are human...
...skin off of one’s own palms and repeatedly pushing a plank through water (otherwise known as crew). Most of us, however, choose to work very, very hard. While generally regarded as a positive characteristic, this drive to work also makes us susceptible to tendencies of excess. As a necessary counter to the detrimental effects of an obsessive work ethic, we should welcome the enforced break of an unstructured J-term...
...cells by modifying the protein structure for autophagic degradation, a natural degradation process in cells. The introduction of a specific molecular fragment known as an acetyl group into the mutant proteins—a process also known as acetylation—is the key to triggering the destruction of excess huntingtin, according to the findings, which were published in the April 3 issue of Cell. “The novelty of our research is that it links acetylation to degradation, which hasn’t been shown before,” said Dimitri Krainc, an associate professor of neurology...
...some contradictory figures as well. Although Brazilians are getting fatter, they are eating less red meat and more fruits and vegetables, Malta reports. They are smoking less and taking more preventive tests such as mammograms and pap smears. But they are using less sunscreen and drinking more, especially to excess and often when driving. (Read a story about kids, self-control and obesity...
...difference between rats and human beings is that rats learn from experience. Excess will be back. It's just lying low until the storm passes. William Shallcross, WINTER PARK...