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Word: ultra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, declared that "the President still firmly believes in support for the freedom fighters." Motley, a former Alaska real estate developer who resigned in order to return to business, has had his . differences with both hard-liners and "ultra liberals," but had no fundamental disagreements with Administration policy on Nicaragua. His replacement, Elliott Abrams, currently Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, is known as an articulate conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Raising the Stakes | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

Staying together, say therapists, depends partly on tempering expectations. % The traditional husband-wife relationship may no longer satisfy many people, but equally unrealistic are those who strive to become Supermom and Ultra- Exec. "You're not going to be able to go as far in your career, have the kind of marriage and be the kind of parent you would like all at the same time," warns Atlanta Psychologist Michael Berger. "If you've got tremendous amounts of energy, go for two of the three. But you're not going to get three out of three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Perils of Dual Careers | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...says Missie Koche, manager of a Waldenbooks in an Atlanta mall, "it's been a best seller. Everyone seems to like it, not just the business types. There must be something about it that makes it magic." Similarly, at the Harvard Book Store and Cafe in Boston's ultra-yuppified Back Bay, Manager Michael Bills says that "at first, it seemed mostly executive types were buying it. Then it caught on, and you could feel its popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...Consortium for Scientific Computing center, to be located in Princeton, N.J., will provide academic researchers at the 11 member schools and the latitude for Advanced Study with ultra high-speed computing previously available only to the government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard to Receive Supercomputer Access | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

...moved to Idaho from California in 1973. Butler has claimed to have a mailing list of 6,000 names for the literature that he prints at his 20-acre compound. During the summer he sponsors wellattended conferences and paramilitary training sessions for Klan members, neo-Nazis and other ultra-right groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams of a Bigot's Revolution | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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