Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would be unfortunate, but not the end of SALT. I think people often tend to try to draw out of events too drastic a conclusion. You could go on negotiating even though the deadline had expired, or you could agree to an extension of the interim treaty...
Catastrophe pervades Percy's psychology. It takes an apocalyptic force to shake Lancelot out of a seven-year stupor in which his only pleasure in life was Raymond Chandler novels, and into a reevaluation of his quality of life (which moves him to such drastic action). Percy's characters often are alienated and then transformed by an experience which gives them a new perspective. He likes to describe this new ability to see the whole from a distance as a Martian perspective. Yet only after such an experience are Percy's characters capable of love, a principle solidified...
Carter moved to forestall fears that a crisis with the Soviet Union was about to erupt. He met with congressional leaders and told a hastily called press conference he still hopes "that the Soviets will agree to drastic reduction and strict limitations" of nuclear weapons. Vance meanwhile told newsmen as he left Moscow that "relations will continue to be good." He did not sound convinced. Still, Vance and Gromyko will get together in May in Geneva to continue probing for an arms solution. In addition, Vance and the Russians agreed to set up study groups to deal with pressing global...
...made a drastic proposal, we realize that," Carter added. "These sorts of restraints [on weapons systems], substantial reductions and agreements not to go ahead with certain systems are something very new and serious. I can understand that [the Soviets] will want to think about them." He then repeated his conviction that there is still "the possibility of eventual agreement along the lines of our position...
...expenditures in this country and leave no incentives for hospitals and physicians to avoid very costly and sophisticated equipment and techniques. The incentives to economize in plans like HCHP have proved that efficiency in health care does not necessitate an impersonal calculus for treatment. In fact, the kind of drastic and impersonal treatment that would be fostered by national health insurance has shown itself to be inefficient. The most economical means of keeping people healthy turns out to be preventive and primary care...