Word: extremists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...George Stephanopoulos and Harold Ickes also developed a political case for a veto: the President would prove he was a man of principle, dedicated to helping the poor. Ickes further argued that signing would hurt Democratic congressional candidates, mostly by enabling Republicans to portray themselves as far less extremist than their opponents contended. The Republicans could claim they had managed to produce a popular reform that even a Democratic President could accept...
...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...
Rabin's life ended with his assassination at the hands of a Jewish extremist who was opposed to Rabin's continued peace talks...