Word: extremist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tragedy has also strengthened the resolve of the British government and the majority of Catholics and Protestants to work together to face down the extremist challenge: "There's still a lot of ugliness out there," says Hillenbrand, "but the good news is that the political mechanisms have worked." The triumph of the peace accord won't bring back Richard, Mark and Jason Quinn, but it would be a fitting tribute to them...
...Nino-induced drought and a long-festering civil war. "We've got a hellacious famine on our hands," worries ROGER WINTER, director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees. The U.N. and U.S. have been slow to react to the crisis. Washington, which has slapped trade sanctions on the extremist Islamic regime in Khartoum, has recently increased its humanitarian aid to $70 million for this year. Even if relief is rushed in, aid officials estimate that up to 100,000 may still...
...Mohandas K. Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu extremist, after a long, non-violent campaign to win independence for India...
...WHAT TEST An effective counterfactual scenario should checkmate critics who argue that things would have worked out the same way anyway (e.g., if Hitler had perished in the muddy trenches, some other fanatic would have taken his place. Maybe, but most historians see Hitler as an extremist, even for a Nazi--and one with a lot of charisma to boot). Counterfactualists tend to support the Great Man Theory of history...
...Sheridan, the director and co-writer here, who also worked with Day-Lewis on My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, may have figured that subtlety has no place in a story about the lunatic fervor of Irish extremist politics. Or maybe he figured his cast could make the gritty fantasy plausible. Day-Lewis very nearly does. His laser stare and world-class rope skipping, his very devotion to the project, elevate the film to check-it-out status and get the crowd cheering for him and his quest. Even in a slim tale like The Boxer...