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Word: ultra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everything a Harvard student could want out of an evening at the theater--physics, literary theory, British accents, a battle of egos, and the efforts of academics to overcome their asexuality. The leads handle their parts well, the sets are lovely, and the sheer volumetric intensity of Stoppard's ultra-witty dialogue will intrigue, if occasionally confuse, the happy playgoer...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Asexual British Scholars Run Wild in Stoppard's Uber-Witty 'Arcadia' | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

Also, be on the look-out for a sleek helmet; we're one athlete fatality away from a fashion explosion in headgear. For the ultra-cool, follow senior infielder Peter Albers' avant-garde style and skateboard to practice...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Fashion for Freshmen | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

Also, be on the look-out for a sleek helmet; we're one athlete fatality away from a fashion explosion in headgear. For the ultra-cool, follow senior infielder Peter Albers' avant-garde style and skateboard to practice...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Fashion for Freshmen | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...wrenching fourth act of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical "Long Day's Journey into Night," Jamie, the older brother, grabs the O'Neill character and begs "Please don't forget me-- give me credit!". In "Journey", Jamie gets his wish; O'Neill encapsulates his ultra-dys-functional family, renamed "Tyrone", for one claustrophobic day in their Connecticut summer house, circa 1912. Though the play presents an equally hopeless portrait of each beleaguered Tyrone, it is the figure of Jamie, especially as played by Bill Camp in the ART's new production, around whom the plays' energies and tensions expand...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: To Jamie, With Love and Squalor | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

...rationally expected, are pretty stubborn and constantly keep themselves in a die-hard revolutionary mood. Being one of the most isolated countries on earth, North Korea probably still has not gotten used to the new world order as well as the modern ideas of science and democracy. With the ultra-enthusiasm and nationalism, first developed in fighting the Americans forty-five years ago, still lingering vividly in people's psychological mind-sets, it would make perfect sense for North Korea, if things really went that bad, to place its last bet on extreme methods and launch (or continue...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: A Second Korean War? | 4/27/1996 | See Source »

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