1.   Among those barriers, he said, is a drastic drop in college admissions standards.

2.   Because of the fire, a lot of wood is being harvested prematurely, meaning an excess of pulp wood and a drastic drop in price.

3.   After the road opened in May, she said, there was a drastic drop in the number of day-trippers from the north traveling the highway.

4.   Now they appear submissive in the face of a drastic drop in their quality of life.

5.   Poggioli credits the drastic drop in these types of crimes to the efforts to revamp the bus station and clean up Times Square in general.

6.   Prime Minister Zhu Rongji argued that it was necessary to reverse the drastic drop in tax collection as the government undertakes a huge spending program to encourage economic growth.

7.   Such a drastic drop in market capitalization poses serious problems for any company.

8.   Was there a drastic drop in velocity from last year?

9.   A drastic drop in the numbers of visitors to the park has compounded the situation.

10.   A drastic drop in exports, though, has created cash flow problems for many companies.