Word: extremist
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...ground. She reached out to conservatives by calling for lower taxes and a balanced budget while reminding her party's liberal base of her steadfast support for Medicare and her work in the state legislature on behalf of women and children. And at every opportunity she labeled Jenkins an extremist, painting a dire picture of life in "Woody's World," where abortion rights would be curtailed, assault weapons plentiful and--a cornerstone of his campaign--the income tax would be replaced by a regressive national sales tax. Jenkins, who made a name for himself in the legislature by sponsoring...
...boiling-hot tea contorting the face of Knesset member and prominent peace advocate Ya'el Dayan, daughter of war hero Moshe Dayan. According to eyewitnesses, she was approached by Yisrael Lederman, who asked, "Do you want tea?" Dayan responded, "Please." Then Lederman, later revealed to be a right-wing extremist and convicted murderer, allegedly tossed the steaming brew into her face. Dayan suffered second-degree burns; Lederman turned himself in two days later. Dayan lamented in the daily Yediot Aharonot that nothing had improved since the assassination. Political extremism in Israel, she said, is "a hothouse that is continuing...
...choice, pro-gun control Democrat faces off against Vince Snowbarger, an archetype of conservatism. But in the only district in Kansas that went for Clinton in 1992, she's hoping to attract moderate Republicans who are put off by the Contract with America and what she sees as the "extremist" nature of her opponent's politics...
Tunnicliff emphasizes balancing the federal budget, resisting what he sees as G.O.P. attempts to weaken environmental protection, and funding education programs like the Direct Student Loan Program. He focused much of his early campaign energy on attacking Republican incumbent Nick Smith as an extremist, portraying himself as a moderate. Unfortunately for Tunnicliff, though Smith may be conservative, most voters in the Seventh seem to agree with...
Hill hopes to replace retiring 18-year incumbent Al Williams to become the first Republican in this seat since 1974. He supports a balanced-budget amendment, and has committed himself to reducing or eliminating inheritance taxes. Hill, who has painted opponent Bill Yellowtail as a liberal extremist, hopes to overcome an early poll deficit in this closely watched race, which the local press has called "a battle of opposites...