Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such fears seem exaggerated. Going out on strike is a serious matter for the worker. For a period of time, he is giving up his livelihood to fight for something he supposedly believes in. There can be no apathy about so drastic an action. If a worker is willing to strike, the chances are that he is aware of his willingness and is ready to participate in the strike vote. In administering the law, it is important that the Commonwealth guarantee every union a convenient time and place for the balloting. Otherwise the law may damage the union's bargaining...
After Count Bernadotte was murdered, the government of Israel gave the impression that it would seriously try to break up organized terrorism. It passed a drastic anti-terrorist decree, forced the illegal Irgun into the regular Israeli army and clapped 187 members of the Stern gang, which boasted of killing Bernadotte, into the Jaffa jail. Last week it was quite apparent that the Israeli government's bark was no match for the Stern gang's bite...
Special Bodies. "By very drastic eugenical operation on the existing human form," suggested Dr. Stapledon, "it might be possible to enable the present human brain to be supported, in spite of excessive gravitation, by throwing man into the quadruped position, greatly strengthening the four legs, and at the same time pushing the head far backwards so as to distribute its weight evenly between the fore and hind legs. But what of the problem of providing hands? . . . My only suggestion is that the nose might be greatly elongated into a trunk equipped with delicate grasping instruments like fingers. It would probably...
Entrants must be from 5 ft. 3 in. to 5 ft. 9 in. tall (with heels) and the judges claim they will be rated primarily on poise, carriage, and style. Nothing is known as to the motif of the clothes worn, but it seems doubtful that anything as drastic as the Parisian imports will he exhiluted...
They are expected to consider particularly whether there is a need for immediate and drastic economic legislation in the form of federal controls and taxes to offset the economic imbalance created by such projects as the Marshall Plan and rearmament...