Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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About 2 million years ago, the earth's climate began to undergo drastic changes. The polar icecaps increased dramatically in size. Glaciers spread as far south as present-day New York City. Seeking to escape the chilly weather sweeping the face of the earth, many animals-including man-sought refuge in more southerly latitudes. Less adaptable or mobile creatures were destroyed by the advancing freeze...
Rosovsky's letter said that "despite scrupulous care and cutbacks in many areas" the Faculty faces a possible $1.7 million deficit, and that "drastic changes in our style of operation are inevitable unless we can find increased income...
...reduction in foreign oil over the long run. They oppose Ford's scheme to reduce consumption by raising the price of oil because it would be a drag on an already sagging economy. Says a Senate staffer who specializes in energy: "There is no need for a sudden drastic cut in petroleum imports that would add to unemployment and choke off economic recovery...
...Drastic changes in our style of operation are inevitable unless we can find increased income," he added...
...extremely conservative way: at a gestational age as low as 20 weeks, Since the supreme Court has conceded to states the right to protect the "potentiality" for life by forbidding abortion after the point of viability regardless of the wishes of the mother, this case could ultimately set a drastic limit on al abortions, is its definition of this critical stage...