Word: ultra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elitist tendencies" within the Communist Party. Even the Miltons' children, then in junior high and high school, were caught up in the whirlwind. The Red Guard broke quickly into smaller factions, and every student, it seems, joined one or the other, and spent his time calling the others either ultra-leftists or revisionists...
Reagan any more. New Hampshire's ultra-conservative Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. insisted that "this type of deal exemplifies why politics and politicians are held in such low esteem by all Americans. I will not assist in selling this opportunistic team to the Republicans." Then he cashed in his ticket for Kansas City...
Nadia Comaneci, picked from her kindergarten class in the town of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (pop. 60,000) by her coaches because she was "alive," has advanced the sport of gymnastics as much as Olga popularized it. Frighteningly daring, she has developed a series of ultra-acrobatic moves that leave crowds gasping. The Salto Comaneci, to cite one, is a twisting, back-somersaulting dismount from the uneven parallel bars that one U.S. gymnast has a forthright word for: "Madness." Her derring-do, coupled with unusual stability in such difficult and dangerous moves as three back handsprings...
...vote in the election. Although about 38% of the electorate is still undecided, the current Premier, Admiral Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo-who is not backed by any political party but is counting on his personality to put him across-is favored by 14% of the voters; ultra-leftist Army Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho should get 11 % of the vote. The Communist candidate, Octavio Pato, the party's No. 2 man and considered more acceptable than Stalinist Party Boss Alvaro Cunhal, trails with a mere 3%. If Eanes does not get an absolute majority, he will then face...
...There is no evidence from which to decide. It's never been done, so we don't know its consequences," Pipkin added. "There is no reason to think that it is ultra-dangerous...