Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must take many others into account before reaching a decision. We must see whether there remain any less drastic policies to achieve reform without risking excess violence and revolution. There probably...
...support, then there are less risky ways to do this, like gradually tightening economic sanctions. These are policies which maintain U.S. leverage and do not dangerously destabilize the country. If Blacks want a U.S. policy which exerts greater pressure on whites to reform, then there are again less drastic and risky policies than total disinvestment...
...girlfriend, your sister, or you. Would you support the "right" of these men to speak in an attempt not merely to express their opinion, but to gather public support for money to continue these and other equally ghastly actions? How much more carnage and suffering must we watch before drastic tactics are justified? I wonder if Katz were to travel in Nicaragua and talk to the families of the victims, whether he would feel the same way. His principles are admirable but his arguments seem detached from the realities in Central America...
...talk like that, in broad concepts. Presidents rarely do. Could this period be called the Reagan Age? No, the President protests. But the professor goes back to lecture point one: "I wouldn't be so bold as to put my name on it, but I think it represents a drastic change in the view of the Federal Government...
...Philippines. Under the legislation, most military aid would go into a trust fund and would be released only after the President certified, and Congress agreed, that a "legitimate government has been established." Economic and humanitarian funds would be channeled through private voluntary organizations and the Roman Catholic Church. Such drastic measures may not be necessary if a peaceful way can be found to ease Marcos out. But that moment may still be a while in coming. At a press conference on Sunday, Marcos produced several more conspirators and, with General Ver close at hand, reiterated that he was in control...