Word: excessives
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Osip Mandelstam, one of modern Russia's best poets, was touched with such divine madness. Born in 1891, he became an Acmeist, one of a group of poets who reacted against the excess vagaries of the Symbolists by celebrating the palpability of things in clear, earthy language. Although the son of a Jewish leather merchant, Mandelstam was most at home in classical Christian humanism. A rose was a rose because of its petals and perfume, not because it stood for something else...
...government leaders are profiting from the U.S. presence, says the study, that they have a powerful vested interest in continuing the combat. In part their dependence stems from a highly unusual method chosen by U.S. policymakers to control South Viet Nam's inflation. To siphon off the excess buying power that resulted from the huge inflow of dollars, the U.S. directed much of its aid toward financing massive imports of luxury goods-thus increasing supply to match demand. The bank points out that Vietnamese businessmen make "quick and exorbitant profits" by securing import permits and selling foreign goods...
...peace symbols, astrological signs, doves, black panthers, Hindu gods and excerpts from the hip lexicon ("right on," "trip" and "head" are among the current favorites). Tuttle's prices vary with complexity. A simple wristlet goes for $20, while a Hindu god or a black panther can cost in excess...
...while throwing exactly three Americans out of work?the three members of Lyndon Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers. That partisan hyperbole encouraged the illusion that inflation can be stopped painlessly. It cannot. Whatever else the Government does, it must tighten spending and credit policies in order to wring excess demand out of the economy. Removing the excess inevitably bounces the marginal workers back onto the streets again...
...that incomes policy combined with moderate-to-strict fiscal and monetary policies can have an influence. The O.E.C.D. recently concluded that incomes policies usually help restrain inflation for a year or two. That might be just what the U.S. needs to get through the difficult transition period when excess demand no longer exists but the wage-price spiral is whirling...