Word: ultra
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After the Hebron massacre of February 25, Palestinians were enraged. Israel's cabinet moved to outlaw the Jewish ultra-right Kach and Kahane Chai organizations. Israel arrested individual radical settlers and released 800 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Israel also appointed a commission of inquiry into the massacre...
Such is the sad but all too common fate of working journalists in today's ultra-competitive market. But fear not! Under Glass will trudge on as always! We await your queries...
Penn and Teller are ultra-show-biz-savvy New York intellectuals whose act is an ironic deconstruction of magic shows in addition to being a very impressive magic show (see box). They first played Vegas a year ago. Penn Jillette's fondness for Vegas, like every hip baby boomer's, is sweet-and-sour, simultaneously bemused and fond. Of a traditional Vegas variety show at Bally's called Jubilee, he rants, "In the first five minutes they destroy temples and sink a giant model of the Titanic -- there are 80 topless dancing women while the Titanic sinks, blast furnaces spewing...
...success of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party in Russia's parliamentary elections last week may have been shocking, but Russian voters are not unique -- xenophobic, ultra-right-wing parties have fared remarkably well in recent elections in a number of countries...
...Wild man ultra-nationalist does astoundingly well in Russian vote...