Word: drastically
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Around the country, even more drastic steps are being proposed. Most come in the form of actual term limits, which bar candidates from holding office for too many consecutive terms regardless of any write-in support they may receive...
According to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, such drastic measures are necessary because of adverse past experiences at Head of the Charles. "In the past people have used the College grounds as bathrooms, and people have slept in corridors and the like," he told The Crimson...
...there were signs of a less drastic outlook among a few of the elite at a Mass to commemorate Guy Malary, the young Justice Minister gunned down outside Sacre Coeur Church a year ago. Malary, who had attempted to restructure the ^ corrupt police force during Aristide's absence, had also been a pillar of the business community for 20 years. So inside the simple white church, rich and poor sat shoulder to shoulder in remembrance of a man who had tried to straddle the social divide. Although the poor far outnumbered the rich, the accent of the service...
...this case, sneaks in the back. Phillip (Justin Levitt), a frustrated alcoholic writer who has returned home to win Mollie back for the third time, is a frightening and volatile figure. He loses control at the end of the second act when Mollie threatens to leave, and takes predictably drastic measures in the third act when she does...
When a candidate has no money, trails his popular opponent in every poll, and faces frequent televised attacks on his character, he may need to take drastic action...