Over the last decade, our homes have reflected America's affluence, with the average size of a new house now a whopping 2,330 square feet (the excess born not of function but of imitation, because somebody they know has one, said Gopal Ahluwalia, the director of research at the National Association of Home Builders. Even in recessions, house sizes show no signs of shrinking.
If the existing imbalance continues, and the Eurozone partners provide open ended finance, then membership in the Eurozone becomes a kind of blank check for its members to have a fiscally unsustainable level of public services and government employment with other countries footing the excess costs.
After the Upper Basin is given its 7,500,000 acre-feet, the 'unapportioned' excess described in Article II Ib) (b) would be available.
Barney Hoskyns's most recent book, Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin, is published by Faber.
Put on either a comforter, electric blanket, fleece blanket or some other soft, warm blanket Pull the excess foot on the front of the bed back, to reveal the print against the blanket.
Meanwhile, future generations of tax-paying citizens will foot the bill for the excesses of the few.
He held the excess feet of the rope I was attached to, using it to help control the speed at which I was making my descent.
.... And, daunting, ultimately, for general consumers and the American taxpayer who have to foot the bill for healthcare excesses that are spiraling out of control and draining the "system". All concerned would likely agree that they need a level of insight akin to a Rosetta Stone to decipher the intricacies of medical care pricing.
You feet are weighed down by the excesses of the festive period just past – there are only so many roast potatoes a body can hold, after all – and the mere act of being outside gives you a feeling of discovery, even if the patch you are walking is as familiar as your own face.
Then we marked where my mouth was and trimmed the excess paper from around my feet.
Alex Denney of NME similarly commented that the album "conjures just enough moments of heart-stopping gorgeousness to foot the bill for its dizzying excesses".
