Word: overdoing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Richard Dozier is most appealing as the reporter-playwright Bert. In an unostentatious role, Dozier stands out for his smooth, clean-cut, and earnest performance; and he does not overdo his drunk scene as would most young student actors...
...clock: If you really want to overdo the whole business, get up at this auroral hour and visit Professor Arthur Casagrande in Pierce 110. He'll tell you all about Seepage and Ground Water Flow in Engineering...
...Madam, we have never yet found a television set we could not repair and put in perfect working condition. Note: When answering questions, be sincere and convincing, but be very careful not to overdo it. It may make the customer suspicious...
...sweat and jiggles his legs tensely. He is a procrastinator and a soft touch. He has little small talk in social conversation. He has an intemperate streak that pushes him beyond sensible limits in poker playing, makes him work 40 hours at a stretch in a projection room or overdo the plowing on his farm. Sometimes in company he drifts off into trancelike gloom. Though he can be an amiable companion to the bottom of the bottle, he has a reserve that keeps his closest friends at arm's length. "I've never had any intimate friends...
From his years as a stock-market speculator, Baruch feels that he gleaned something more valuable than gold, a kind of golden mean of inspired common sense: "Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to try to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself, 'Two and two still make four, and no one has ever invented a way of getting something for nothing.' When the outlook is steeped in pessimism I remind myself, 'Two and two still make four, and you can't keep mankind down for long...