Life After the Clippers Carmelo Anthony is not the only reason for the drastic change in Denver.
Experts say that is not sufficient incentive for the drastic changes needed in machine design, servicing, manufacturing and regulation.
"This report is certainly not a prescription for the drastic measures required under the Kyoto Protocol," Mr. Hagel said in a statement.
"People stress the fruit of the I.T. revolution for the drastic economic advance of the United States during the 1990's," he said.
There was some grudging admiration for the drastic measures in place in, for example, Anping county in the northern province of Hebei, around Beijing.
Q I live in a Bronxville co-op, and we have had our maintenance fees increased twice in the past two years to account for the drastic increase in energy costs.
"The company would not require government assistance were it not for the drastic collapse of the U.S. economy which has devastated the company's current revenues and liquidity," G.M. said.
Preliminary findings by the federal agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents in America rebuked BP for "the drastic effects of corporate cost-cutting" that led to last year's explosion at the oil company's refinery at Texas City.
Now, the whole Greek parliament except for a few radicals is committed to staying in the eurozone, and has signed up for the drastic reforms necessary to do so.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Reserve said the explanation for the drastic revision is that the Fed "reviewed and revised the methodology it had been using to estimate those numbers," and applied the new methodology retroactively to mid-2009.
The investment community's deepening disillusionment with the new economy accounted for the drastic turnaround from last year's second quarter, when venture capitalists invested $27.2 billion, according to the research firm Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association, an industry trade group.
