Word: drastic
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...order to survive, though, club sports have had to resort to drastic fundraising techniques to help pay their way through national tournaments and even standard intercollegiate play. Danielle J. Alexander ’09, a member of the women’s rugby team, said, “You have to get really creative sometimes and you feel really unsupported by the rest of the college community.” The women’s rugby team had to test this “creativity” last year by going door-to-door and asking students for their laundry...
...enough to drive McPhee, a Los Angeles--based real estate developer, to take drastic action. On Valentine's Day he plunked down $7,500 for a three-day intensive golf fantasy camp at the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) in Oceanside, Calif. "They are the top of the chain when it comes to breaking down your swing," he says. And break it down they did. McPhee was filmed, hooked up to electromagnetic sensors, put through a fitness and flexibility challenge and even asked about his eating habits. And, oh yes, he hit bucketloads of balls...
...Roll, says she feels that these restrictive measures have a significant negative impact on the music scene and other communities that frequent 18-plus venues in Boston. “City officials have cited safety as their main motivator in creating this policy. However, it seems like a drastic means to an end,” she writes in an e-mail. “This decision has the potential to be seriously detrimental to both music culture in the area and to youth culture in the area.” Furthermore, Hufstedler asserts, those most affected...
...facto end of both 19-and-over nights at clubs and under-21 attendance at concerts held at local clubs. For students and young people, this move represents another symptom of the city’s unique penchant for enacting stifling regulation. Worse, officials seem incapable of validating the drastic action taken, and ambiguity abounds. Patricia A. Malone, the city’s director of consumer affairs and licensing, issued the mandate, labeled “temporary,” to curb a purported surge in violence at nightclubs, the nature of which has yet to be disclosed...
...Street, near where Brettman fell—said that store owners are worried about their customers and do their best to clear the sidewalks in front of their businesses. However, he said, it is difficult because most establishments do not have the tools to deal with the drastic conditions they faced last week. “It’s a rare situation with both the snow and the rain, and it’s tough on businesses because they don’t have the right tools,” Hovagimian said. “It froze so fast...