1.   He and Dean had just been laid off during a seniority lapse because of a drastic reduction of crews.

2.   The drastic reduction in the number of committees was felt to be impracticable.

3.   ...a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying.

4.   According to head of state Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Babangida, the overhaul would ultimately involve a drastic reduction in the size of the armed forces.

5.   And, compared with the House bill and what the White House requested, the Senate bill would make drastic reductions in money for the IRS.

6.   As a result, there has never been any groundswell of popular outrage to push decision-makers to make the ambitious changes needed to achieve drastic reductions in pollution.

7.   At the same time, they are being squeezed by the drastic reductions in payments that have resulted from the changeover to managed care in recent years.

8.   A drastic reduction of nuclear weapons stocks is not just long overdue, Russian experts noted.

9.   Al Gore proposes a lesser defensive system combined with less drastic reductions.

10.   But scientists say this approach has never worked because fishing efforts are simply intensified in other seasons, and that the only solution is a drastic reduction in fleets.