Word: extremist
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...point. He will be nominated by the Republicans not so much for what he has done, but for what he hasn't. He has never been divorced and remarried, although he has a whole city named for his family, not merely a Center. He has never taken as extremist position on anything, except perhaps the Harvard-Yale game, and is thus eminently acceptable to the Eastern, Internationalist, bigmoney wing of the party...
...question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be. Will we be extremists for hate or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice?or will we be extremists for the cause of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill, three men were crucified for the same crime?the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. So, after...
Chances for passing a strong civil rights bill have apparently been enhanced. The bill was originally inspired by the outcry following the Birmingham demonstrations last spring; but as the legislative process dragged on, the emotional fervor behind the bill waned and people began to have second thoughts. Extremist opposition in the South grew more virulent, ensuring the silence of all but a few moderates. Encouraged by fear-mongers, some Northerners began to dread what genuine civil rights might mean for the job market, property values, and their children's schools...
Acknowledging the academic character of his audience, Martin spoke at length on Latin intellectualism. "Philosophical Marxism provides an outlet for the latent anti-Yankeeism of many South American intellectuals. These men act as a respectable background for the extremist who, for his own reasons, hates...
...famed war correspondent (John Randolph) has been vilified in print by his old right-wing extremist friend (Larry Gates) as a Communist-line lackey and a "drunken, immoral, yellow-bellied degenerate." An ace trial lawyer (Van Heflin) fights through to victory after the customary initial aw-shucks-not-another-case gambit. Of course there is the loyal, jittery, correspondent's wife, who wants to throw in the towel marked HIS. Of course there is the bright young legal eaglet who breaks the case wide open by being able to read an incriminating scrap of paper upside down...