drastic punishment
1drastic — 01. We are going to have to make some [drastic] changes in this company if we want to keep from going bankrupt. 02. Henry s life changed [drastically] when he lost all his money on the stock market. 03. This company is in deep financial trouble,… …
2RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
3Holi (film) — Infobox Film name = Holi image size = caption = director = Ketan Mehta producer = writer = Mahesh Elkunchwar (Play screenplay) Ketan Mehta narrator = starring = Aamir Khan Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Ashutosh Gowariker Raj Zutshi music = Rajat… …
4Gordon Strachey Shephard — Brigadier General Gordon Strachey Shephard, DSO, MC, MID (9 July 1885, Madras, India 19 January 1918) was a British Air Force commander and sailor; the second son of Sir Horatio Hale Shephard (born 1842, Kensington, London died 19 April 1921,… …
5high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …
6United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
7United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
8Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
