Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...drastic way to practice birth control is by means of sterilization. The surgeon's knife is now being sought by increasing numbers of Americans, both men and women, who want to be sure that they will have no more babies. Few doctors or patients are willing to talk about it, but the Association for Voluntary Sterilization, Inc. estimates that such operations have been performed on at least 2,000,000 Americans...
...found in any desire for military conquest, but rather in the government's determination to extend and perpetuate America's economic and social presence in those areas. The decisions to send troops and to escalate the conflict during the 1960's were prompted by the failure of other less drastic measures to insure continued American influence in Vietnam. Nixon's policy of phased withdrawal is in line with this one basic goal: a strategy involving negotiation and continued acts of military aggression is supposed to institute a regime in South Vietnam that will act in America's interests...
...district court blocked the New York road; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has just upheld that decision. Speaking for the court, Judge Leonard Moore stressed the new right of citizens' groups to defend "natural resources, scenic beauty and historical value" of areas threatened with drastic alteration. Such groups, he added, can prove their sincerity by taking on "the burdensome and costly processes of intervention...
Brewster might then be forced to more drastic measures. As one student observer remarked, "Either we go back to class Monday or they shut the place down officially. There's no in between...
...change the batting order." Park said. "But it's important not to do anything out of panic. There won't be any drastic changes, it's just a matter of getting your hot bats into the strategic spots in the line...