Word: ultra
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Never one to mince words, Senator Jesse Helms, the ultra-conservative Republican slated to head the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expanded on his Nov. 18 remark that President Clinton is not up to the job of Commander in Chief. The North Carolinian followed up by telling a Raleigh newspaper that Clinton was so unpopular with the military that he had "better watch out" and "have a bodyguard" if he visits Helms' state. Though the Senator later conceded his remark was a "mistake," the incendiary statement provoked anger from congressional Democrats, solemn disapproval from the President and verbal minuets from Republican...
...might have been able to guess that in 1991 he would be convicted of fraud. Molecular biologist David Baltimore was 36 when TIME selected him for the 1974 list; the following year he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, and in 1990 he became president of Rockefeller University, an ultra-prestigious research institution. But 18 months later, he resigned as a result of a scandal over data falsified by one of his researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Robert Sanchez, the Archbishop of Sante Fe, made our 1974 list. He was accused of having sex with several women and resigned...
...didn't have any illusions that the U.C. was ultra-powerful," Rapp says. "But I didn't think so much time would be wasted arguing over silly little things and squabbling...
...would love to see students work to modify the law, so that in certain circumstances [under-age] drinking in ultra-moderation would be legal," he said...
...rights comes at a time when the GOP is searching for direction. Several factions have developed, but each is hard to pin down. The "religious right" personified by Pat Robertson must contend with moderates like Weld and Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.), who in turn lock horns with ultra-conservatives like Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). With Republicans voting for the Brady Bill and becoming pro-choice, the harsh right-winger seem to be losing ground...