Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...society to prevent the production of subnormal offsprings."* It appeared at least possible, however, that Mrs. Miller would not spend the rest of her life as Convict No. 1289. Michi gan's Governor Fred W. Green has already expressed the opinion that the "habitual criminal" act is somewhat drastic in its application to liquor law offenses. It is also thought that the Michigan Legislature will amend the state prohibition laws to give such offenders as Mrs. Miller a loop hole from the "habitual criminal" penalty. If such a crime as Mrs. Miller's, for in stance, were classed...
...boundless grew the possibilities of profiteering, that the new Nationalist Government hastily drafted and enacted, last week, a drastic "Appreciation Tax" designed to lift some of the burden of wealth from profiteers...
...excerpts from a public statement, Leatherbee said in behalf of the Club as a whole, "We feel that it would have been fair and kind to the ladies of the cast, to say the least, if the mayor, before taking such drastic action, had at least communicated with our counsel and given us an opportunity to see what we could do by voluntary action to avoid the catastrophe...
...Constitutional amendment permitting President Hainisch to be elected for a third term. This was Chancellor Seipel's own program. Suddenly Monsignor Seipel scrapped his original program. He proposed not another four-year term but an unprecedented one-year term for President Hainisch. During this one year drastic Constitutional amendments would be drafted and passed, endowing the President with quasi-dictatorial powers and quadrupling his present paltry salary of about $100 weekly...
...answer the above question Prime Minister Benito Mussolini moved last week with cold and drastic vigor. In a circular letter received by each Italian podesta (mayor) the Dictator commanded: "Decrowd your city...