“The beets were sliced on a mandoline and served in a Sherry vinaigrette with an immoderate amount of good olive oil.”

“The criticism of wasteful or immoderate use of funds is warranted in this case.”

“Various friends and colleagues of hers, who were in privileged positions as she herself, were carrying to her all kinds of defamations and gossip against me, which she passed on to Joffe with immoderate exaggerations.”