Word: overdoing
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...forces - the government may not survive. But the government's credibility is also threatened if it hesitates too long, because its very first act was to issue an ultimatum to the rebels. So the coalition government could fail, either if its forces don't do enough, or if they overdo it. It needs the support of both ethnic communities in order to survive. And most observers had seen this government as the last chance of avoiding a collapse of Macedonia as a multiethnic state. So even now that the deadline has passed peacefully, the future hangs in the balance...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) tends to overdo many of their hot dishes. They will put together a broiled cod with pineapple chutney or a garden omelette stuffed with everything but sticky rice, when all we really want is a hardy steak or well-prepared cobb salad...
...once it is over, it is over. New dramas and sensations supersede the old one, and in time people will not quite remember what a chad was. Further, it would be against the interests of blue America - self-destructive, in fact - for the Democratic leadership to overdo its righteousness and its demonization of the Bush administration. The columnist Michael Kelly has pointed out that a Democratic ideological jihad might have the same result as the Republicans' disastrous overinterpretation of their mandate...
...colds may be on to something. Zinc seems to reduce the duration of cold symptoms by four days, provided you start taking it in the first 24 to 48 hrs. after symptoms appear and then keep sucking on the lozenges every couple of hours for several days. Don't overdo it though. Too much zinc can lower levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol...
...rubbery chicken and overdone pasta is enough to make frequent flyers want to grab a bite before getting on a plane. Now research shows that a snack and drink (nonalcoholic) an hour before flying reduces the odds of a heart attack or fainting spell while on board. Don't overdo it with a heavy meal, but nourishment increases blood flow, which in turn delivers more oxygen to the body's organs--including the brain and probably the heart...