One apparent former employee complained last month on the jobs site GlassDoor that the firm features "excessive, over-the-top spending on things that make no sense and don't align with the supposed mission of the firm.
America views Africa through nonprofits and disaster-craven media, while America is viewed by many on the continent through the glorified prism of movies, TV, and the extravagant, excessive, over-indulgent culture we export around the world.
The coating process is computer controlled to avoid excessive over-wetting, which would deteriorate the spatial distribution of the molecules in the tissue.
It should be noted, however, that the presence of excessive over-dispersion provides important information regarding the population structure in its own right.
Novogratz's billionaire survival tactic seems to be a blend of excessive personal spending, over-the-top philanthropy, and meditation.
Excessive use of over-the-counter nephrotoxic drugs?
On the down side, as it were, all this excessive over-production amounts to relatively little.
Chris Stone, one of the Record Plant's owners, indicated in 1997 that Fleetwood Mac brought "excess at its most excessive" by taking over the studio for long and extremely expensive sessions; he stated, "The band would come in at 7 at night, have a big feast, party till 1 or 2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn't do anything, they'd start recording".
The real eye-opener was about how focused she was on avoiding the kind of over-the-top, excessive, entourage-in-the-studio environment that I had expected.
This week's topic, however, is not merely about the music itself, but also lyrics that refer to excessive behaviour and lifestyle or are themselves simply excessive and over the top.
"Party Time" is excessive, even over the top, but its knowing irony saves it from degenerating into theatrical kitsch.
