Noun : His strength is in excess of yours. ,The bill showed an excess of several hundred dollars over the estimate. ,to have an excess of energy. ,to talk to excess. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a charge for excess baggage; excess profits. From Dictionary.com.
Farida Baloch appealed to international humanrights organisations to takenotice of what she called excesses of the government against the Baloch people. From Wordnik.com. [Women wing of Baloch Students Organisation held a demonstration.] Reference
Recoc, comprised of survivors of these so-called excesses by the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"excesses" -- that would have to be liquidated at a later date. From Wordnik.com. [Safehaven] Reference
Which of the so-called excesses of the 60's and 70's does he deplore?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments] Reference
Even if you apply a 10x population multiplier, it's still trivial compared to US admin excesses. From Wordnik.com. [gomery] Reference
Our excesses are the best clue we have to our own poverty, and our best way of concealing it from ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It will take time to work off those excesses, which is a why a rapid pickup in such spending seems unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Yes, it's uncomfortable, with the economic growing pains made worse as we recall the excesses of the last debt-fueled business cycle. From Wordnik.com. [MSN Money Finance Tips] Reference
The left hyped the so called excesses in the Patriot Act yet are completely silent to the incredible invasion of privacy and power of the IRS. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
SECRETARY RUBIN: I think all of us agree that we need to figure out how to try to reduce what you might want to call the excesses in flows of capital. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Administration Officials] Reference
The "excesses" is a complete pander to Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Hits Obama For Reagan Comment] Reference
He talks about the "excesses" of government, without question. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't] Reference
Reagan was able to tap into a reaction against those "excesses". From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't] Reference
I see no point in criticizing Israel's government for its "excesses". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The organisation had also committed "excesses" against captured enemy agents. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The fact that both these men were assassinated only added to the perceived "excesses" of the era. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph A. Palermo: Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism (Review)] Reference
The list of these "excesses" and the "arrogance" which accompanied them grew by the day, Lekota said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He said that Reagan tapped into the country's concern with the growth and "excesses" of the federal government. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp Hits Back At Hillary's Reagan Criticism] Reference
His calls to curb the "excesses" of U. S.-led global markets have been read as signs of anti-Americanism in Japan. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Yukio Hatoyama] Reference
He goes on, however, to detail the "excesses" and "inefficient work practices" that were present in their contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Rattner on the auto union] Reference
Just as they wanted to check the "excesses" or alleged intolerance of the Zambian government, journalists too should be. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
One example is his seeming embrace of the Tom Brokawian thesis of 1960s "excesses" leading to the discrediting of the Left. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph A. Palermo: Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism (Review)] Reference
Those "excesses" were the sound of LIBERTY and FREEDOM, not the sound of bad children who Daddy Reagan came to set straight. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp Hits Back At Hillary's Reagan Criticism] Reference
At worst, they're just some isolated "excesses" and flaws which only shrill, partisan hysterics object to in moralistic and outraged tones. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Let's see if Obama comes out and clarifies which of Reagans ideas, and the "excesses" of the 60's and 70's, he supports and which he doesn't. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign Opens Fire On Obama Over Reagan Comments] Reference
The chairman of the Swiss National Bank's governing board, reported Associated Press, said the industry should correct "excesses" in its pay. From Wordnik.com. [Swiss Banks' Pay Is Faulted] Reference
I don't see how you look at that without concluding that Obama was expressing approval of Reagan's turning against the "excesses" of government. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't] Reference
Before, serious people excused Stalin's "excesses" and saw the capitalist West as somehow on a moral par with, or even below, the communist East. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Alexander Solzhenitsyn] Reference
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Mr. Paulson said there had been "excesses" of executive pay, adding, "Pay should be for performance, not for failure.". From Wordnik.com. [Big Pay for Big Bosses Under Fire] Reference
After spending a little time inside the mind of the high-end New York City roadie, the "excesses" of the fixed-gear world seem quaint in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Synthesis: Putting It Together] Reference
So too were the "excesses" of the 1960s and modern feminism (contrary to Ephesians 22-23's command that "wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord"). From Wordnik.com. [Al Meyerhoff: What Do Women Want?] Reference
Prince Andrew told the Daily Telegraph "excesses" should stop but "don't throw the baby out with the bath water". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
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