Corrupt his morals by insidious gifts leading him into excess.

For it was an affirmation of the essence of the culture's ability to transform very little into magnificent excess.

He breaks the display window with a bottle of booze, thus beginning his journey into acclaimed excess.

Nor does the crude, sloppy look of the film turn into cheesy, campy excess.

Indeed, his performance seemed enormously sedate, never falling into excess.

Effective in some places, the lyricism sometimes segues into excess.

Conversely, the Japanese seemed to be descending into hedonistic excess.

But once the protesters strayed into traffic, the police shifted into excess.

This hostage taking and the many violations of human rights show how these armed opposition movements have sunk into criminal excess.

But Ms. Green allows the movement to speak for itself, and the dancers resist any descent into emotional excess.