Word: excessive
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...Excess consumption is practically an American religion. But as anyone with a filled-to-the-gills closet knows, the things we accumulate can become oppressive. With all this stuff piling up and never quite getting put away, we're no longer huddled masses yearning to breathe free; we're huddled masses yearning to free up space on a countertop. Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items...
...Three months after Grassley sent his questionnaires, a Massachusetts state representative—building on the senator’s contention that universities are hoarding wealth—introduced an amendment to the state budget that would impose a 2.5 percent annual tax on every dollar of endowment in excess of $1 billion. The amendment did not pass, but has been submitted to the Department of Revenue for further study...
...Unfortunately, as banks continue to suffer through the credit crisis and incur losses and asset value reductions in excess of $300 billion, the number of layoffs is growing and jobs in these prestigious institutions are becoming increasingly difficult to come by. Perhaps this will convince more students to consider other options after graduation, namely serving their country and people through public service, politics, or non-profit volunteering. If President Eliot’s call to “serve thy kind” refers to human kind, then the past year surely has echoed that sentiment, with the natural disasters...
...other day, Director of University Development Thomas Reardon was trying to illustrate the success thus far of the five-year $350 million Harvard Campaign. The subject was major gifts—those in excess of $100,000—the backbone of any capital drive...
This time around, the government and the banks are doing everything they can to dismantle the caricature of Iceland as a victim of its own excess, and instead portray it as the target of a financial conspiracy. Prime Minister Haarde has accused international hedge funds of deliberately spreading rumors to create a banking scare, so they could profit by "hook or crook" from wagers that the currency or stocks would tumble. In April, Iceland's Financial Supervisory Authority launched an investigation into an unconfirmed story that back in January, hedge-fund managers had hatched a plan to bet against...