Word: ultra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Helms, a former newspaper reporter and television broadcaster, justifies his advertising blitzes in repeated diatribes against "ultra liberal news media." In speeches and interviews, he insists that he is forced to spend millions on commercials in order to "correct" the deliberate "lies and distortions" printed in North Carolina's major newspapers...
...stuff does not have to be entirely destroyed to be threatening. Anderson says if the amount of atmospheric ozone drops by as little as 10 percent, enough ultra-violet radiation could probably seep through to be "extremely serious," and if it dropped by 50 percent, it would prove devastating...
...join a national unity government if he is elected, but Peres quickly turned aside the offer as an "election ploy." Nonetheless, the winner almost certainly will need the support of several small parties to build a coalition. Shamir could glean bright news from polls that show Tehiya, an ultra-right-wing Likud partner with three Knesset members, picking up six or seven seats. If the election is taper thin, that could be enough to tip the balance in Shamir's favor...
...Reagan, he contends that an outright ban on antisatellite weapons would be impossible to verify, and has pushed the idea of developing an ultra modern defense against incoming missiles. The Administration, however, was thinking about proposing some kind of limitations when the Kremlin beat it to the propaganda punch. Each side is anxious to depict the other, particularly in the eyes of Western Europeans, as being recalcitrant on the subject of arms control...
...airline, Virgin Atlantic, made its maiden flight from Gatwick Airport near London to Newark Airport near New York City. It carried 465 passengers, most paying a cut-rate $138, about $230 less than current standard transatlantic fares. The price will rise to $167 on July 1. An ultra-plush first-class service is also available at $1,400, about the same that other carriers charge for first class...