Word: excessives
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...enthusiasm that should be reserved only for musicalizations of Night of the Living Dead. Lyrically, the libretto must have been written with a rhyming dictionary in one hand and a Funk and Wagnalls in the other. Musically, the score repeats trite A-B-A patterns with a kind of excess that would be recognized even on Sesame Strret. And the sets are the most resolutely ugly things I've come into contact with since...
...first 13 days of the experiment last month, costs for North House averaged seven cents per-person permeal in excess of the South and Currier House averages. This adds up to about $50 per day for the House in excess of the South and Currier totals...
...professors might think of that reply, it describes the strategy of the little known "no-load" mutual funds. Four years ago, there were 65 no-load funds. Now there are 160 with 1.4 million shareholder accounts, a fourfold increase. Last year, when mutual funds as a whole suffered an excess of redemptions over sales, the no-loads went on registering increases in net sales...
...John C. Norman '50, who headed the research team at Harvard, said Saturday that on an energy basis, the efficiency of the total artificial heart--powered by electrical energy--is "in excess" of that of the natural heart...
...second, equally striking example, is the almost-completed gas kiln. Commercial models of comparable size cost in excess of $5000 plus shipping and installation. Rippe designed the kiln himself, and students are assisting him with its construction. He estimates that the kiln--which will be paid for by student registration fees and a loan--will cost less than half the retail price...