Word: drastically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even as these American-assisted pro grams pick up momentum, billboards and newspapers hammer at the need for protein by constant repetition of the slogan: "Eat Better with Less Wheat and Rice." It is no easy selling job, for to peddle proteins in India involves a drastic change in Indian palates...
...hard to feel that Mrs. Bunting did not deserve it. Her motives for forming the RPC were probably the best: she is aware of the communications gap between the administration and the students and realizes that something must be done if drastic measures such as last spring's hunger strike are to be prevented...
...commodities like meat and milk should be considered in the context of the 1958 situation, when, according to a Western diplomatic source in Havana, some 5 per cent of the rural population was eating meat, and only 10 per cent was drinking milk. The present situation, however, represents a drastic drop in the standard of living for those middle class citizens who have chosen to remain in Cuba...
...Karp a controlling interest in the company, which, as Stone had fore seen, was going bankrupt. In addition to sanitation equipment, Monogram was manufacturing temporary production holding devices used to attach unbolted metal sheets to the frames of jets, along with precision sheet metal and containers. A quick and drastic surgical job was essential if the company was to be saved. The container division was eliminated. Managers' salaries were cut by 25%, and a bonus based on profit was substituted...
Magraw raised the issue of student power in a Sept. 27 letter to the Masters and Deans, who were repelled by the forceful tone he took. "They found it too strong, too drastic, too presumptuous," Eugene Kinasewich, assistant dean, remarked. They also resented the HUC's effort to pressure them with a college-wide poll on parietals. Nevertheless, the Masters agreed informally to meet with the HUC. But when it was reported that Magraw considered such a meeting "unprecedented" and hoped it meant recognition by the Administration of a greater role for students in decision-making, the Masters and Deans...