Word: drastically
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Officials at the Chamber of Commerce say that if the EPA is going to implement such drastic measures to improve what they deem the poor health of the country, they need to justify their actions...
Four years and seven months ago, the founders of the modern Undergraduate Council persuaded their fellow representatives to allow a campus-wide, popular election to determine who among future generations would lead the student government. At the time, this great experiment in representative democracy was drastic, but necessary. "Popular elections will galvanize students, make them informed and interested," predicted former council president David M. Hanselman '94-'95. More importantly, insisted then-president Joshua D. Liston '95, the new system would give the council what it currently lacked--credibility among students and administrators...
...wrong, but we're never careless," Lewis maintains. "All I know is we admit people and they show up and live in dorms and are your roommates. Most people pay tuition. It works out okay," she jokes. However, sometimes Harvard will rescind an offer if something drastic happens post-decision. The most famous case was Gina Grant, whose admission offer was revoked in 1995 after the office learned of her 1991 manslaughter conviction for killing her abusive mother. Most instances are less lurid--plummeting grades or "a deeper problem we were unaware of." But Lewis says this happens only rarely...
...airlines keep their prices down, Delta and American could be forced to lower prices." Also helping to keep ticket prices competitive: The popularity of bargain-basement ticket vendors such as Priceline.com. Hey, if the airlines continue to be squeezed by such trends, it may force them to do something drastic to lure people on board. Like giving us a whole can of soda...
...country where, in 1996, 50 percent of Russians supported Chechen independence, the current approval ratings represent more than a drastic shift in public opinion. Instead, they represent the return of Soviet style tactics of governmental deception, press censorship and ethnic intolerance--all of which are used to maintain support for the Chechen conflict. They undermine the Russian government's claim that it is just following democratic precepts by following the will of the people...