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Word: ultra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Someone two weeks ago mailed all 100 U.S. Senators a four-page pamphlet that was written by the ultra-right-wing John Birch Society and demanded President Nixon's impeachment. The grounds for this action were unblinkingly harsh: Nixon's "deliberate treason" in the conduct of both foreign and domestic policy. Almost as bad, the diatribe went on, "Mr. Nixon has spent more money-and has spent it more wastefully-than any other President, monarch, dictator or ruler of any kind in all human history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Cheap Shot | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

...money is being placed discreetly, without publicity, in outlets that draw little attention-chiefly bank deposits and blue-chip real estate. There are two reasons. One is simply that Arabs tend to be ultra-conservative investors who are fearful of being cheated if they venture into anything the least bit speculative. Also, the Arabs are well aware of the political climate in the U.S., and so the Arabs are determined to maintain a low investment profile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: The Arabs Are Coming | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...band of ultra-militants seemed to accept his invitation. In a letter to the S.L.A. sent to the San Francisco Chronicle, a writer for the underground Black Liberation Army - believed to be a 200-member group split off from the Black Panthers - presented "the most profound revolutionary greetings" from his group to Patricia's kidnapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: The Politics of Terror | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...flights, passengers wander up and down the aisles talking, drinking and listening to piped-in rock music; Pong machines, backgammon and chess boards, and a giant denim pillow are strewn about the plane, which has no class sections. Stewardesses and stewards, who walk and talk like real people, wear ultra-violet Flash Gordon-type outfits and berets with the black and white Freelandia insignia of an open hand. What's more, they remain in their original clothes throughout the flight, thus eliminating those strange airborne fashion shows...

Author: By Sarah K. Lynch, | Title: Flying High on Air Freelandia | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

...Seguridad, the national security police, from 1957 to 1965. After that he became mayor of Madrid and last June he was made Interior Minister, in charge of state security, in Carrero Blanco's Cabinet. A harsh advocate of law-and-order, he has a wide following among the ultra-right wing, which criticized even the conservative Carrero Blanco for liberal tendencies. He may respond to the assassination by even greater repression of moderates and liberals-a move that would undoubtedly aggravate already sharp political divisions within the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Franco Picks a Right-Wing Heir | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

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