Word: drastically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these considerations were overshadowed in the public mind by relief that the 39 TWA hostages had been released without any overt deal or drastic military action. President Reagan's standings in the polls benefited immediately. An overwhelming three-quarters of the people questioned in a Washington Post/ABC News poll taken as the hostages were being released approved his handling of the crisis, even though 42% considered the outcome more of a victory for the terrorists than for the U.S. Presumably, many of those polled thought a different course would have had an even worse result. Private surveys conducted by Pollster...
...number of security clearances and the number of classified documents. "If we don't do these things and do them soon," warns Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, "we're going to have a lot more Walker cases in the future." But no one is suggesting the kind of drastic steps that would protect state secrets as securely as they are held, say, in the Soviet Union. Says John Martin, chief of the Justice Department's Division of Internal Security: "You've got to maintain an open society, or you're no better than your adversaries...
...seats in their worst showing in years. Jobs in the manufacturing sector fell by 11,000 last month, fueling criticism of the government's austerity prescriptions even from a member of Thatcher's Cabinet. Energy Minister Peter Walker, a moderate who is a contender to succeed Thatcher, advocated drastic action to combat the 13.5% unemployment rate. Until recently, Britain's low inflation index had been one of the government's points of pride; last week the rate stood at 6.9%, up from 5.1% a year ago and the highest since...
...numerous other nationalistic things. The Olympic arena is commonly viewed as the arena of world politics, with the U.S. and Soviet Union each trying to prove itself better than the other while all the other "little" countries try to show the superpowers up. If I support such a drastic action as divestment, an Olympic boycott would seem natural. After all, a boycott-supporter might justifiably ask, how can a Black man with any self-respect compete with a "representative" of South Africa's racist regime...
...drastic response to a flagging market. Citing continuing declines in petroleum prices, Atlantic Richfield, the sixth largest U.S. oil firm, last week unveiled a sweeping reorganization program. The Los Angeles-based concern (1984 sales: $25 billion) announced that it will shed all its refining and marketing operations east of the Mississippi, including 1,100 gas stations. The company also intends to pare down spending on exploration by 50% and abandon its copper and molybdenum businesses. More dramatically, ARCO's board of directors voted to increase significantly the firm's long-term borrowing. As a result, total indebtedness could reach more...