Word: exceeds
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Within 50 years, the U.S.'s demand for fresh water will greatly exceed its supply. Rather than wait for the great thirst, some politicians want to pipe water south from Canada's full rivers, much to the Canadians' displeasure. Others propose desalting ocean water, though the cost (about 20? per 1,000 gallons) is still high. Relatively speaking, by far the best bet is to recycle sewage water...
...Business School denies the change in atmosphere most often explained by "the new breed of first-year student." This type of student is not interested primarily in becoming a corporate vice-president soon after he graduates. His immediate goal in life is not merely to exceed the median starting salary for Harvard MBAs ($13,500). Instead, the new breed of Business School student is often interested in going into social work, polities, or education. He goes to the Business School to learn how to deal with businessmen, not to become...
...long hair, are simple Bavarian villagers. The script is amateurishly florid. Yet the once-a-decade production of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany, has long been a byword for Roman Catholic piety−and a major international tourist attraction. Ticket demands for this season's 98 performances exceed the supply by about 1,000,000. The 500,-000 or so visitors who will throng the area are expected to spend more than $10 million−enough to keep Oberammergau going through the next nine lean years when the population shrinks to its normal 5,000, the beards...
...comparable to those in civilian life would, in fact, attract somewhat more well-to-individuals who have less trouble now getting job in the civilian market. The commission estimated that the percentage of blacks in an all-volunteer army, although greater than their percentage of the population, would scarcely exceed their membership in a military retaining the draft...
...company that is so complicated that some of his own bankers admit they do not grasp it. For several weeks, Ling has also been trying to tell his story to a congressional committee that is investigating conglomerate mergers. When Representative Emanuel Celler charged that LTV's debts exceed its salable assets by $171 million, Ling replied that the consolidated balance sheet was "not really meaningful." He reasoned that LTV's interests in some subsidiaries, including Braniff International Airlines and Okonite, a wire and cable maker, were undervalued because control of a company normally commands a premium over...