Word: drastic
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...perhaps that is Kotlikoff's crucial point and one that our presidential candidates should bear in mind. If our health-care woes are reaching critical mass, perhaps drastic measures are the only way to effect real change...
...Several airlines that serve high-profile surfing destinations such as South Africa and Australia are poised to gain BA's lost customers - and none is ready to follow suit with BA by banning surfboards. BA's reversal is particularly drastic: going from allowing these items for free to banning them entirely, while other airlines like Qantas, SAA, Delta and American charge extra for surfboards and similar equipment and will continue...
Ultimately though, committee members felt that the changes will not have to be drastic...
...major transition for the entire team, especially the upperclassmen who have worked under Tucker.“It’s definitely going to be a big change,” says sophomore Lizzy Mazjoub, a member of the lightweight varsity eight. “It may be more drastic for upperclassmen, changing to the new coach.”During Tucker’s tenure as coach, the team rose to national prominence. In the spring of 2004, the Radcliffe lightweight varsity wont its first Sprints title since 1997. From there, the varsity went on to take the silver...
Sensitively planned by the architects Leers Weinzapfel—who tend to be quite modernist in their leanings—the 119-year-old building’s façade and vestibule were restored while the theatre itself underwent a drastic modernization. Looking back on the old—the walls are adorned with old playbills and posters advertising events from generations past—the Theatre nevertheless manages to shoehorn in a 270-seat theater with a new sound system, motorized lights, and a stage thrust that also serves as a scenery elevator or a orchestra pit, depending...