Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beyond the (East-West) blocs and finally overcomes them." Calling for a "nuclear-free corridor in Central Europe," he demanded the withdrawal from West Germany of NATO's U.S.-built Pershing and cruise missiles as well as a pullout from Eastern Europe of Moscow's tactical missiles and a "drastic reduction" in Soviet SS-20 medium-range rockets. He promised, if elected, to cut the defense budget and cancel plans for West German participation in the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. He also vowed to "stop nuclear energy production in stages." Turning to economic and social issues...
...Producers as well as consumers should adopt policies that shun drastic inteference in the market forces which may disturb the much sought for long-term stability," he said. "It is only through the achievement of long-term free market equilibrium that stability can be [attained...
They said it couldn't be done . . . couldn't be done . . . couldn't be done. Scrap the gargantuan federal tax code and write a simpler, fairer one? How naive! Drastically reduce top tax rates to their lowest levels in 58 years by throwing out the special breaks and deductions that have accrued over the past four decades? No way! Let the free market determine how people spend and invest their money rather than allow shills for favored industries to use the tax code to tinker with the economy? Get real! Such a drastic overhaul would amount to putting the public...
...identity). One now wishes to be addressed not as Bobby but as Hercules, or vice versa. Susan Weaver, for example, announced at 14 that she was henceforth Sigourney, a name that impressed her as "long and curvy, with a musical ring." For those apprehensive about anything so drastic, there is the face-lifting change in spelling: Debbie now wishes to be Debi, or Debbey...
...effort to curb the mounting toll on dolphins, the environmental group Greenpeace has threatened legal action. It hopes to make the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) enforce existing regulations limiting the number of dolphins that can be killed by tuna fishermen. That would be the most drastic action yet in a continuing campaign by conservationists to save the dolphin. If Greenpeace succeeds in its effort, the San Diego-based American Tunaboat Association estimates, the fleet will lose as much as $35 million in revenue...