Word: drastic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drastic Increases in British taxes next year were called for yesterday by the Labor government in its Autumn budget. The new program would double company earning lovies, greatly increase all excise taxes, and institute a new toll on football and dog race betting...
...doubt, the need to jettison the miraculous element in the New Testament . . . weakens the reliability of the gospel narratives; and, insofar as Christian teaching has been built upon the power of Jesus to perform miracles, and upon the miracles associated with His birth and death, it calls for a drastic refashioning of such teaching...
With fullback and captain Vince Moravec out for the season and stellar passer Jim Kenary sidelined indefinitely, Dick Harlow has been forced to make some drastic switches, not only in his starting lineup but also in the backfield posts...
...Luckenbach line decided on drastic action. It announced that intercoastal service would be suspended, Luckenbach's coastal fleet would join its tramp steamers in the international trade. Said the line's acting Pacific Coast manager, Vincent P. McMurdo : "Until we can operate ships on this coast without interference in management by the longshore union, we're pulling...
...Drastic curtailments of University dining hall menus appeared probable last night as President Truman in a White House speech asked the entire nation to pull in its belt for European aid by not eating meat on Tuesdays, and poultry and eggs on Thursdays...