Word: drastically
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...conduct of arms control, particularly the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START). The U.S. proposal would have required the Soviets to dismantle large numbers of their most modern, powerful weapons, ones already deployed, in exchange for an American promise to scale back in the future. In addition to demanding drastic, one-sided cuts in Soviet forces, the proposal left the U.S. free to proceed, albeit at a somewhat reduced level, with a number of new programs that greatly worried Moscow: the MX intercontinental missile, the Trident II submarine missile and a variety of cruise missiles. Thus to reach a bottom line...
...lack of interest at Chinandega and the defiance at Don Bosco are aspects of a drastic change in mood that las descended upon Nicaragua's 2.9 million people. Only a few months ago, citizens eagerly rallied by the thousands to listen to the exhortations of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (F.S.L.N.). The reason: a willingness at that time to defend the 1979 revolution hat ousted Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle against the increasingly bold attacks of "Yankee imperialism," embodied in the contra forces trained and supplied by the Central Intelligence Agency...
...great technological advance that has given rise to difficult judgement questions, some educators are skeptical that any less than drastic changes will have a real impact on students' sensitivity to the growing problems of ethics...
...offensive arms control is dead in the water. The Administration's proposals in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in 1982-83 were transparently nonnegotiable because they required drastic, one-sided cuts in Soviet forces. To make matters worse, the Soviets walked out of those talks last year. As of now, the Administration has no unified plan for resuming negotiations, much less achieving an agreement. Star Wars itself jeopardizes what little is left of arms control. Despite Administration disclaimers to the contrary, an all-out Strategic Defense Initiative would surely bring the U.S. into violation of the nuclear-arms-control...
...billion. Its principal owner, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, admitted last month that because of Seabrook it may be forced into bankruptcy. If that happens, it will be the first major U.S. utility to file for bankruptcy since the Great Depression. Last week, in a drastic effort to keep itself solvent, the company abruptly halted work on Seabrook and stopped paying dividends to shareholders. The company hopes to resume work by arranging for new loans...