Word: drastically
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...sold to a group of investors in 1982 for $1. Despite wage and staff cutbacks, U.P.I. remained in delicate health; as payroll checks began bouncing in March, Owners Douglas Ruhe and William Geissler agreed to surrender most of their shares to the company's creditors and employees. Even that drastic move was not enough. U.P.I.'s four directors voted unanimously last week to authorize Chairman Luis Nogales to file for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code...
Scott M. Amero '85 said be doesn't think the trash problem is so bad that it merits the expense of the new system, but many other residents interviewed acknowledged that the hallways have needed a drastic Spring Cleaning...
...provided the Pentagon with a spending increase of nearly 6% over inflation. Unless deep cuts could be made, annual deficits projected at well above $200 billion loomed over the rest of Reagan's term. The Senate Budget Committee, controlled by the Republicans, responded with a plan that included less drastic domestic cuts offset by , savings from holding the military to a "zero growth rate...
...biggest cocaine laboratories in international history. We have confiscated hundreds of airplanes, ships, boats and automobiles belonging to drug dealers. Despite all kinds of threats, including personal ones, we will continue to intensify our action. We are at the point of no return. We would like to see more drastic penalties against those who produce, process, distribute or consume drugs, especially in the U.S. The U.S. is the principal world market; it's where cocaine enjoys a high but intolerable social status...
...owners, who will not take charge until next season at the earliest, are not likely to make any sudden, drastic programming switches in the game plan to get ABC back on top. Though Capital Cities Chairman Thomas Murphy is described as a man of old-fashioned values, an attitude that could influence the selection of shows, the company also has a strong tradition of not meddling in the program decisions or editorial content of its media properties. Says Murphy: "If you think I know enough about scripts that I'm going to make changes in network programming, you're crazy...