"Trapped by exaggerated demands, unnatural ambition and consumerism, you have forgotten the value and power of a human touch, a word of praise, a chat with a mate.
He also seemed to have chosen his corner table for maximum visibility and presided over the restaurant like a Mafia don, waving hello to other patrons and making exaggerated demands of the servers.
"The government got a lot of support when they stood against the exaggerated demands of the Kurds," said Jaber Habeeb, an independent Shiite member of Parliament who is also a political science professor at Baghdad University.
Spokespersons from Daimler and Fiat did not wish to comment on the matter, but Daimler pointed to a statement it made in November, in which it said that its negotiations with Cerberus over the redemption of its 19.9% Chrysler stake had been made "considerably more difficult" by "exaggerated demands by Cerberus".
Because of the above, it is very difficult to reliably judge the level of functioning of the subject and whether his/her complains reflect reality or are exaggerated demands.
There are no worked-up epiphanies, or exaggerated conflicts demanding resolution.
Professor Ben-Shammai said that despite the "very exaggerated prices" demanded by dealers abroad, the Jerusalem dealer did not want the documents to end up in private hands.
First, extension was seen as relaxing the constraints on unions while, second, making employers more willing to accede to exaggerated wage demands.
"Oil prices were exaggerated because growth demand was exaggerated," said Fadel Gheit, the managing director of oil and gas at Oppenheimer Funds.
The tabloid's writers matter-of-factly exaggerated literalism's demand for factual detail to the point of parody: God's exact height and hair color, the soul's exact weight, the exact distance to heaven and hell and, as those excavated skeletons of Adam and Eve indicate, the exact location of the Garden of Eden — about 40 miles south of Denver.
