Word: drastic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is still a deep-seated reluctance to take drastic measures. Briefing reporters after a Paris conclave on money laundering last September, a senior U.S. official declared that global efforts to trace drug money will have to be balanced against the freedom from unnecessary red tape. Too many controls, he declared, could "constipate" the financial exchanges. That is the kind of attitude that has brought the system to its current state, in which drug money freely mingles with the life force of the world economy, like a virus in the bloodstream...
...destroyed. The ozone hole over Antarctica remained alarmingly large, and scientists reported evidence that a second hole was developing over the Arctic. Whether or not all of the dire predictions come to pass, they underscore a chilling message: the planet is in grave trouble. If nations do not take drastic action, it could one day be unfit as a human habitat...
THERE is a problem with lack of diversity in some houses. But how extensive is the problem really and how many houses are actually suffering? Do we really need such a drastic measure as full randomization to solve the problem? Using full randomization to solve Harvard's diversity problems is like using a nuclear bomb to exterminate...
...need drastic reforms," said the Soviet president. "So far, there are no improvements in this area...
...none of this has spelled defeat for the Palestinians. Ironically, the uprising's survival is assured by the army's harsh measures, which are drastic enough to guarantee hatred among Arabs but not to end the revolt. The methods Israel has refined to keep the intifadeh in check may be more responsible for Palestinian solidarity than the slogans of the Arab leadership, so that the uprising has been institutionalized as a self-perpetuating expression of pride and anger. But a growing number of Arab extremists argue that stones are no longer sufficient. "The only way we're going...