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Mexico, like most other Latin American countries, went through a deep economic crisis in the 1980s. Since 1986 and especially when President Carlos Salinas de Gortari took office at the end of 1988, Mexico has implemented drastic and sometimes painful economic reforms: Since 1988, Mexico has cut the maximum tariff rate from 100 percent to 20 percent. It has exceeded its GATT commitment on tariff reduction, cutting the average trade-weighted tariff from over 25 percent in the mid-1980s to 4 percent...
This sounds fairly drastic. It sounds like you're blaming Crispitos for the problems in your relationship. That's bad, but know that it happens frequently. Notice the response in the dining hall when they serve THE breakfast sandwich. My advice: dump the boyfriend, and you won't have to worry at breakfast anymore. A psychiatrist friend disagrees: "Keep the boyfriend, and try Lucky Charms," he advises. In any event, Bon Appetit...
...remedy they come up with is drastic: they junk the entire story about the nephew from Italy (the barber brothers become nephew and uncle) and look for another subplot that will utilize Kramer and Elaine. David assembles the few writers who are around on Sunday for an emergency brainstorming session. Robin suggests that Jerry's bad haircut force him to cancel some plans with Elaine. Larry Charles proposes a bachelor auction for charity; when Jerry can't go, Elaine has to take Kramer instead...
...cannot argue with the priorities listed inthe report, and I can see no possible alternative(other than even more drastic measures) to thesolutions proposed," Knowles wrote in the letter...
...drastic fall in the number of general practitioners is a further consequence of the AMA's control of medical students. As new areas of medicine open up to study, more students opt to specialize rather than to train for general medicine. Thus, the number of doctors is held roughly fixed while the number of students who actually stay with general medicine has fallen over the years. The percentage of students who enter general medicine has fallen to a record low of less than 15 percent, and general medicine is an area where the nation desperately needs more practitioners...