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Word: excessive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...each are now on sale in Cambridge at the main store of the Co-operative Society, and with S. Underwood '12, Holworthy 10; and in Boston at the Jordan Hall box-office. As the sale of seats for this evening's performance has been far in excess of that of the past two productions, those desiring to purchase tickets should do so before noon today. All tickets which remain unpaid for at 3 o'clock this afternoon will be sold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Scarecrow" in Jordan Hall | 12/11/1909 | See Source »

Compulsory production is most effective when mechanical. Negative consumption creates an excess of happiness or unhappiness, which we call, respectively, tastes and needs. Positive consumption tends to simplify tastes; luxuries are required only by those who have no resources in themselves. Spontaneous consumption is the most useful of these four useful acts. Production is being pursued as an end in itself. When a means is mistaken for an end, that end is sacrificed for the means. The ultimate end must be seen all the time. Less attention should be paid to wealth and more to happiness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happiness of Nations Discussed | 12/9/1909 | See Source »

...Herrick's and the Jordan Hall box-office in Boston. All tickets for this evening's performance which remain unpaid for at 3 o'clock today will be sold. To members of the club a discount of 15 per cent. will be granted on all tickets purchased in excess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE SCARECROW" TONIGHT | 12/9/1909 | See Source »

...Underwood '12, Holworthy 10, in Cambridge and at Herrick's and the Jordan Hall box office in Boston. The price of tickets is $1.50 and $1. To all members of the club a discount of 15 per cent, will be granted on all tickets purchased in excess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Scarecrow" Tomorrow at 8 | 12/6/1909 | See Source »

...Faculty is right in attributing the excess of cuts to the football games. The Student Council is right in requesting students to attend their Saturday lectures. But the undergraduates gain but every little by cutting on those days when their attendance is most important to the cause of athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INORDINATE CUTTING. | 11/12/1909 | See Source »

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