Typically they follow a pattern of excess speed, losing control and a bad landing from a jump.

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Mr. Akst, a member of Newsday's editorial board, is the author of "Temptation: Finding Self-Control in an Age of Excess, " now a Penguin paperback.

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Pc James Duncan told the second day of the trial at the High Court in Aberdeen a loss of control would have well in excess of 70mph.

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If an investor were to give us a dollar to invest, the positions that he would control would be possibly in excess of the dollar that he gave us, even though that 75 cents is part in investment grade securities.

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Excess weight can convey weakness or a "lack of control, " says Amanda Sanders, a New York-based image consultant who has worked with senior executives at Fortune 500 firms.

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Charities can only own 20% of a company under the Excess Business Holdings rule (35% if somebody else has control of the company).

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Small- and medium-sized businesses will access applications they could never otherwise afford, and larger businesses will be able to control their costs by shared use of what would otherwise be excess computing capacity.

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Who knows: If Republicans take control of Congress in the November 2010 midterm elections, perhaps they will water down some excess in Dodd-Frank Fin Reg.

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