Word: drastic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Well, the administration has yet to take those sorts of drastic measures to raise the 74% (pretty impressive) response rate. But, if you happen to have a have a from: Barry Kane, to: trash email filter, you might want to perk up. The Registrar has finally learned the power of incentives...
...Instead, he is advocating a drastic change in the sugar content of sodas. His Department of Nutrition is urging manufacturers to produce a line of beverages containing only 1 gm of sugar per ounce, a 70% reduction in sugar content. It's all part of a campaign to re-train the American sweet tooth. "If children grow up with everything tasting super sweet, then it's hard for them to appreciate he gentle sweetness of a fresh carrot or an apple," he says. "Part of this is deconditioning palates to a much more natural level of sweetness." That certainly...
...going to be an awful budget,” said Wolf. “But it’s worse than we thought.”Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel said that Cambridge has coped well with local aid cuts thus far and has avoided mass layoffs and drastic reductions in services.But with yesterday’s House budget announcement, Seidel said that Cambridge now has to make tough decisions about how to absorb the cuts. According to Seidel, this is the largest cut in local aid in the state’s history.“These cuts...
...April 7, the Massachusetts General Court passed a resolution demanding a drastic reconfiguration of the nation’s current energy policy. The plan calls for replacing traditional electrical generation—which produces environmentally harmful byproducts such as carbon dioxide emissions—with a system that would rely only on 100 percent clean electricity. In light of the dangers that our planet faces in the immediate and distant future, the Mass. General Court’s decision is a wise choice that signifies a keen awareness of the importance of energy policy...
...College could minimize costs during January without resorting to drastic measures. To gauge how many students intend to stay on campus for their January Experience, the administration could conduct a survey early in the year and then decide how many dining halls, libraries, and other facilities to keep open during the interlude. Cutting back on the usage of such facilities would hopefully generate enough savings to allow every student wishing to remain at Harvard to live in his or her room...