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excesses
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These morality tales, focusing on figures like Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, make an implicit claim that individual avarice somehow explains the excesses of an entire era.—
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15 May 2026 -
The City Council last year rolled back some of the excesses in the ordinance, though only by a 5-4 vote.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
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“Self-indulgences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-indulgences. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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