Word: ultra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wares, including an Ultra Wave hair cream and rinse for men and an Ultra Sheen line of hair products for women, were selling nationally. Johnson's toughest time came two years ago, when the surge of black pride led to more natural hair styles, specifically the Afro, which severely scissored demand for straighteners and the other hair relaxors. Johnson responded by introducing Afro Sheen, a product line that includes hair spray and a "comb easy" shampoo for the natural look...
...lapel, reminded voters of his sponsorship of anti-crime bills, and lined up the chief prosecutor of the Chicago Seven as his co-chairman. By contrast, his opponent, Republican Senator Smith, ran a smear campaign and refused to reject the support of the John Birch Society. California dumped flamboyant ultra-conservative Max Rafferty and George Murphy in favor of Riles Wilson, a soft-spoken moderate, and John Tunney, who campaigned as a moderate liberal. In New York, Conservative James Buckley harped on social discontent, but in a bland, nonmalicious manner, while Charles Goodell lost votes with his outspoken liberalism. Edward...
Reagan strove hard to hold the line. Emulating Nixon, he designated a dozen state senators whom he found particularly difficult. All five of the dozen who ran this year won. Reagan supported the re-election of Max Rafferty, the ultra-conservative state Superintendent of Public Instruction; Rafferty lost to a moderate black educator, Wilson Riles (see EDUCATION...
...times, Vellucci's ideas have more shades of ultra-conservatism than of humor. This Fall, he proposed that Cambridge pay $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of major drug suppliers and $1000 for similar dope on street pushers. "We're going back to the early 1800's, when bounties were placed on people breaking the law," he declared at a press conference. "We're going to create an army of bounty hunters." Less well known is the fact that when the bill was first brought before the Council for discussion, Vellucci himself referred it to committee...
Allende and his Popular Unity coalition, which includes Communists and other leftists, blamed "ultra right-wing groups in league with foreign elements who see their interests affected." The Christian Democrats accused "fascist elements." Most observers agreed that Schneider, who was a friend of the President-elect, had been working hard to assure a smooth transfer from Frei to Allende, who is to take office Nov. 4. General Schneider had announced that the army would support whichever candidate the Congress approved, thereby appearing to minimize the danger of a military coup in the event of Allende's election. His stand...