Word: drastically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wilson admitted that the desire of University-connected people to live in Cambridge had contributed to the drastic rise in rents in Cambridge. But he also maintained that many outsiders and "hangers-on" had been attracted as well to the Cambridge area by the University's mere presence...
After ten days of work stoppages, with drastic losses for Czechoslovakia's already ailing economy, factory laborers relit blast furnaces and returned to their work benches. The 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew was lifted. Nightclubs and cinemas reopened. One showed My Fair Lady, but another slyly screened The Good Soldier Schweik. Svelte bar girls in scalloped miniskirts or skintight trousers flitted through the cocktail lounge at Prague's Esplanade Hotel. The juggler was even back in action at Prague's Tetran club, though he tended to drop more plates than usual...
...transaction to split his commission with other brokers, in this case with Merrill Lynch. Give-ups have long been under SEC fire. The agency contends that such fee splitting means that brokers' commissions are unduly large on big-volume deals. In their battle to fend off more drastic changes in fee structures, the New York and American stock exchanges recently agreed to outlaw give-ups as part of an overall cut in commissions on big trades...
...obvious answer to the problems on the waterways is a federal licensing program run by the Coast Guard. But neither Congress nor the Coast Guard is anxious to take such a drastic step; it would involve mountains of red tape and untold millions of dollars. The next best thing is to educate boaters about the machines they operate and the elements they defy. The U.S. Power Squadron and the Coast Guard Auxiliary provide free classes in seamanship and safety. But the classes appeal to the prudent, not to the boaters who need them most. "We are missing a large segment...
...started by making drastic cuts in overhead expenses, reducing the staff by 18% (annual saving: $3,000,000), and offering numerous vice presidents line jobs or early retirement. Baldrige eliminated committee meetings altogeth er, cut reports down to the bare min imum and held his eight division man agers answerable for "unnecessary ac cumulation of statistics." Scovill's top management now consists of Baldrige and a lone executive vice president...