Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...universities cannot amicably settle a difference comparatively as trivial as the present one, then, and only then, is it time for more drastic action. Harvard and Princeton have too much in common; their horizon is too large to be obscured by one small cloud...
...drastic shake-up in which five men were shifted and the squad cut to 45, occurred in the following week: at this time Fitts was moved to end, and Pfaffman was tried at quarter, in an attempt to find a capable substitute for Captain Buell...
...problem of international indebtedness is here pertinent only in so far as it may affect the price situation. Cancellaton of all such debts would obviously help the debtor countries to carry through policies of drastic deflation but would not necessarily mean that such policies would, or could, be adopted. On the other hand, if these debts are to be paid, it must inevitably happen that the price of international commodities will be higher in creditor than in debtor nations, since otherwise payment cannot be made. Deflation in the creditor nations must, therefore, mean severe presure upon debtor countries; while inflation...
...rounded out navy. Such a navy as the Conference contemplated, which is called a 'Hughes navy', would require 140,000 enlisted men. As soon as the 65,000-man navy began to be talked about, the President stated in no uncertain terms that he would not agree to a drastic cut and he expressed a willingness to compromise between the full 140,000 and the 65,000 navy by saying that 96,000 would be acceptable...
...least conceivable that employes guaranteed their situations by politicians would loaf on the job fully as much as those who have earned those positions by examinations. Before shooting the cow because it gives no more milk it might be just as well to see if there is no less drastic remedy, and if the ailment is wholly the creature's fault anyway...