Word: excessive
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...dressings at the salad bar, letting students create their own dressing if they prefer to avoid sodium. Last year, as part of its “Savory Spotlight” program, which aims to instruct students about food, HUDS focused on the topic of salt and the dangers of excess salt in the diet, focusing on the government’s recommended daily salt intake, Snyder said. At Annenberg Dining Hall, some students say that salt excess appears unlikely. “I don’t use the table salt. I’ve never seen anyone...
...concert to Harvard. Challenges we face with each show include monopolies in the college market, artist availability, short ticket sales windows, and venue limitations.Simply, most college concerts are heavily subsidized. Whether through administrations’ budgets or large term-billed fees, other colleges support their shows through subsidies in excess of $100,000. In contrast, our negotiations with artists are made possible by a $30,000 allocation from the Undergraduate Council (UC). This sum is one half to one third of artist fees and total production costs can easily exceed six figures. Also, to pull back the veil of secrecy...
...in—so, selfishly, I’ve never been passionate about extending membership. It is more the blatant and embraced elitism that makes me wince. It is the 50-year-old stewards who serve these 20-year-old products of privilege; the boundaries of excess that become ever-widened; the women and non-members who grovel at clubs’ doors, reliant upon members for entry, drinks, entertainment, approval; and most importantly, the obliviousness of many members. That’s what makes me cringe—but sadly, not hard enough to make a real social sacrifice.Moral...
...both 54, have known each other and liked many of the same things since they were 7. They pursued separate paths in college, then veered back to architecture and established their firm in 1978. When they first gained notice, it was as dedicated architectural Minimalists, expelling every trace of excess from elegant boxes. In no time, though, they were lured to the problem of how to make those boxes hold the eye as well as the mind. They solved it for a while with walls that had etched surfaces; on a library in Germany, for example, they imprinted images...
...enjoyed reading about the Amish. I grew up in a similar religious denomination. We believed in living a simple life, without excess or ostentation, and in serving others. We were not a bunch of wacko fundamentalists, contrary to the way many Americans view people who are different from themselves and who don't participate in single-minded consumerism. It was interesting to read about some of the issues the Amish are dealing with. I hope your article helps people see that the Amish face very real human issues in spite of living in relative insularity. I respect the Amish...