Word: excessiveness
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...script demands minimal direction, and Chris Scully obeys. He supplies a first-rate set, flamboyantly plastering the floor and walls with old movie posters, while dispensing with all excess furniture. The end product proves visually engaging without distracting the viewer...
...their behavior resulted in 40 disciplinary actions, 11 court-martial investigations, the resignation of a Navy Secretary, the near firing of the Navy's top admiral, and a universal condemnation of the pilots, the most swaggering lads in the land. This time around, the occasion had all the libidinous excess of a talk on estate planning at a nursing home...
...also supposed to contribute all "profits in excess of reasonable needs" toHarvard's general financial aid fund, according tothe documents...
...average worker would be unlikely to spend the entire amount in his or her account. Thus, the Medisave account could be a vehicle for retirement coverage as well. Workers could withdraw the excess funds if they wished, but withdrawals for purposes other than health care would be subject to regular income taxes...
...financial aid--why should a prospect become more needy at one school than another, given relatively equal tuition?--the practice of admissions "overlap" is a dubious one at best. Whether or not MIT took part in "price fixing," the financial aid system as it now stands encourages a flagrant excess of academic recruiting...