Caucusing, the liberals decided to go after Colmer, which actually was the more drastic course, since seniority in the House is next to godliness.

In the strips, it is expressed that the two towns are rivals with each other and before The Dandy did a drastic format change they had an embassy in Beanotown which many of the town's citizens attempted to overrun, but failed ( the embassy had no existence in The Beano ).

It was thus no mere translation from the Latin: its Protestant character is made clear by the drastic reduction of the place of saints, compressing what had been the major part into three petitions.

A disaster is a natural or man-made ( or technological ) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment.

This is less drastic than cutting diplomatic relations completely, and the mission will still continue operating more or less normally, but it will now be headed by a chargé d ' affaires ( usually the deputy chief of mission ) who may have limited powers.

Hyperinflation is ended with drastic remedies, such as imposing the shock therapy of slashing government expenditures or altering the currency basis.

There is no evidence that sexual selection would proceed to such a drastic extent over a million years ago when a full, lush coat of hair would most likely indicate health and would therefore be more likely to be selected for, not against, and not all human populations today have sexual dimorphism in body hair.

Economists have also shown that IP can be a disincentive to innovation when that innovation is drastic.

This is especially risky in a storage environment that experiences drastic fluctuations in humidity or temperature, leading to ferrotyping, or sticking of the photograph to the plastic.

It is important to keep in mind that drastic edge detuning can be near-impossible to fully reverse and will significantly impede board control & the ability to hold an edge in harder-packed snow.

A continuous rocker is a smooth curve that does not change from tip to tail, while a three-stage rocker has two distinct bend points, almost like a skateboard deck but not nearly as drastic.

This era is often referred to as the Morrison-era, due to the drastic changes he made to the series, beginning with " E Is For Extinction ," where a new villainess, Cassandra Nova, destroys Genosha, killing sixteen million mutants.

Another easily observed effect is the drastic reduction in brightness of images of the sky and clouds reflected from horizontal surfaces ( see Brewster's angle ), which is the main reason polarizing filters are often used in sunglasses.

Metasomatism is the drastic change in the bulk chemical composition of a rock that often occurs during the processes of metamorphism.

In some stories it is only the event that precipitated the time traveler's decision to travel back in time that cannot be substantially changed, in others all attempted changes " heal " in this way, and in still others the universe can heal most changes but not sufficiently drastic ones.

Meanwhile, Dawson, realizing that Tintin is once again meddling in his affairs, resolves to take drastic measures.

Upon hearing of this atrocity, the president of the United States, who is running for re-election, feels compelled to take drastic measures against drug trafficking ; his challenger, J. Robert Fowler, has rallied the public behind the administration's failures in the War on Drugs.

Convicted sex offenders who have been castrated are rare, although there is debate as to whether the drastic reduction of testosterone and the consequent diminishing of libido might have an effect on recidivism.

The Great Salt Lake in the west, which is surrounded by marshland and mudflats, lies at an average elevation of approximately, varying depending on the water level, which can lead to drastic changes in the lake size due to its shallowness.

An avalanche ( also called a snowslide or snowslip ) is a sudden, drastic flow of snow down a slope, occurring when either natural triggers, such as loading from new snow or rain, or artificial triggers, such as snowmobilers, explosives or backcountry skiers, overload the snowpack.

In view of the drastic difference in subject matter it is possible that these represent the work of a different Didymos.

"" GamesRadar editor Henry Gilbert stated that he is " home to the most drastic change to the formula " in this game, stating that while he is still a " humorously incapable villain ", the game allows players to switch between Bowser and the Mario Bros. at their discretion.

UNIT has appeared multiple times in Doctor Who when drastic events are involved, whilst Torchwood is the focus of a successful spin-off series.

indeed, it is maintained that the sexual element in jazz, by freeing the listener of his inhibitions, can have therapeutic value.

Since interviewing is the basic therapeutic and diagnostic instrument of modern psychiatry, the recording of interviews for playbacks and study has been a boost of Redstone proportions in new research and training.

Rather, it is typical of the thousands of quacks who use phony therapeutic devices to fatten themselves on the miseries of hundreds of thousands of Americans by robbing them of millions of dollars and luring them away from legitimate, ethical medical treatment of serious diseases.

But it is our health -- more precious than all the money in the world -- that these modern witch doctors with their fake therapeutic gadgets are gambling away.

One concern with this therapeutic strategy is the use of genetically engineered viruses, which limits certain aspects of phage therapy.

An additional therapeutic agent is the enhancement of the multifunctional properties of natural anti-infectives, such as cationic host defense ( antimicrobial ) peptides ( HDPs ).

This fact makes therapeutic target development extremely difficult – a drug that harms an apicomplexan parasite is also likely to harm its human host.

The non-religious therapeutic use of ayahuasca is not protected by covenants on religious freedom.

For this reason, a low dose of a benzodiazepine is often used for several weeks when initiating SSRI / SNRI therapy in order to counteract the initial anxiety caused by the drugs until the therapeutic delay of the SSRI / SNRI is finished and the drug becomes effective.

Pregabalin's therapeutic effect appears after 1 week of use and is similar in effectiveness to lorazepam, alprazolam, and venlafaxine, but pregabalin has demonstrated superiority by producing more consistent therapeutic effects for psychic and somatic anxiety symptoms.

Release of tension is therapeutic and useful in our society, because most jobs are boring and repetitive .”

Topiramate, is another treatment option for resistant catatonia ; it produces its therapeutic effects by producing glutamate antagonism via modulation of AMPA receptors.

Effective cognitive behavioral therapy is dependent on a therapeutic alliance between the healthcare practitioner and the person seeking assistance.

Conventional insulinotherapy is a therapeutic regimen for treatment of diabetes mellitus which contrasts with the newer intensive insulinotherapy.

It is rarely needed as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris.

Digitalis is an example of a drug derived from a plant that was formerly used by folklorists and herbalists ; herbalists have largely abandoned its use because of its narrow therapeutic index and the difficulty of determining the amount of active drug in herbal preparations.

" Of course, the more positive, therapeutic aspect of this is also implied: A person can choose to act in a different way, and to be a good person instead of a cruel person.

Melodic intonation therapy is used by music therapists, board-certified professionals that use music as a therapeutic tool to effect certain non-musical outcomes in their patients.

For example, the strongest evidence for therapeutic interventions is provided by systematic review of randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trials with allocation concealment and complete follow-up involving a homogeneous patient population and medical condition.

Alcohol is implicated as a therapeutic agent for GABA < sub > A </ sub > receptor α1 -/- mice because of its interaction with Purkinje cells which mediate their actions via GABA transmission.

In gene therapy, DNA that encodes a therapeutic protein is packaged within a " vector ", which is used to get the DNA inside cells within the body.

Somatic gene therapy represents the mainstream line of current basic and clinical research, where the therapeutic DNA transgene ( either integrated in the genome or as an external episome or plasmid ) is used to treat a disease in an individual.