Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clock, immediately after the Milltarylecture. Each year this medal is offered by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for the best speech in English upon some topic of contemporary French politics. The subject tonight is: Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made buy French manufactures and tradesman during...
...eight o'clock. This medal is offered each year by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for the best speech in English upon some topic of contemporary French politics. The subject this year is: "Resolved, that the French government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen during...
...Medal is offered each year by Baron Pierre de Coubertin for the best speech in English upon some topic of contemporary French politics. For this year the subject has been announced as follows: "Resolved, that the French Government should take by taxation at least 75 per cent of the excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen during...
...completed a year with a loss slightly greater than that of the preceding year. Two years ago conditions improved so that there was again of $6,308.82 over the loss of 1914-15, but last year a loss of $8,910.78 was incurred. This year there has been an excess of expenditure over the income for the period from September 1, 1916 to August 9, 1917, amounting to $10,861.40, as compared with an excess of expenditure over the income amounting to $8,910.78 for the previous year ending August 31, 1916, or an increase in the net loss...
When the war first came upon us, many men with excess of zeal forwent all forms of pleasure, in a burst of ascetic fervor sacrificing all their thought to the war. After the lapse of two months, although not much has been begun, and nothing ended in a martial way, we are reverting somewhat to our former manners. It is evident that such a grand thing even as war may not exclude everything from our lives. We must seek the ordinary distractions from the business in hand, in order that we may resume the business in hand with increased effort...