Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Government's business organization" (a body of Government executives first called together by President Harding some two and a half years ago), and urged continued and greater economy in the Administration, pointing out that under the new budget submitted to Congress last month there will have to be drastic retrenchment...
...Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan" and present Minister of Home Affairs, resigned when he heard the news, but was subsequently persuaded by Premier Count Yamamoto to remain in office. Dr. Beard, foreseeing the drastic cuts, left Tokyo in despair a week previously. The press expressed keen disappointment, but the Tokyoans were reported to be interested only in "the earliest possible resumption of former activities...
...divided Senate and House, with a small group of radicals holding the balance of power, as well as a danger of Drastic changes in the committee chairmanships, have for some time past given concern to business interests. Such important questions as taxation, tariff, railroad laws, farm credits, are 'due for consideration this session, and the domestic legislation which will be forthcoming should exert an unusually important influence on the course of business for coming years. For 1924 is a Presidential year, when political timidity is at its height, and when unsound and even publicly dangerous legislation can on occasion...
Railways. The insurgents will fight for drastic revision or repeal of the Esch-Cummins Act. The regular Republicans, if they follow the leadership of Senator Cummins, will favor compulsory consolidation of the railways in a period of years...
...Committee, and others of his group favor consolidation. They say in effect: " Let us put all the geese into half a dozen large goosepens. Then those less inclined to lay will emulate those more inclined to lay, and we shall have eggs." Radicals, such as Senator La Follette, favor drastic cuts in freight rates, saying: " The geese are suffering from a plethora. A little dieting will restore their egg-laying qualities." Railroad Labor is for outright cooking of the geese in the oven of Government ownership. The heads of the railways rise to hiss at all of these. " Out upon...