Word: ultra
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...debate on economic policy. The president, in classical Republican fashion, has been extolling the benefits of letting ordinary Americans keep more of their money. The Democrats, meanwhile, point out that by “ordinary Americans,” the president seems to mean “the ultra-rich,” It’s the old equity-versus-efficiency debate—is it better to soak the rich or the poor?—and the whole thing is about as fresh as a “Friends” rerun. So here?...
Though footballers are attractive to women who pursue famous, ultra-masculine men, many of these women underestimate how much teammates love to impress and please one another. The vulgar phrase "Get your end in and get your friend in" isn't heard as much in football circles as it was 10 or 20 years ago, when teams had designated "promoters" who organized group sex sessions. With today's game more of a business chasing an ever wider audience, a veneer of sophistication has been laid over many of its unsavory traditions, just as spiraling passes and mesmerizing sidesteps obscure...
...Europeans rightly laugh at American fundementalism. "Super Bowl Debacle"?!? In the midst of two hours of bone-breaking ultra-violence, viewers are suddenly treated to a brief view of something that is a symbol of nurturing and goodness! Yes, perhaps exposed for crass commercial reasons, but it's just one of 300 million to be found in America. There are other boobs Americans should be more concerned about. Like George Dubious? Michael West Denmark...
Dubai's tourist boom is part of a bold plan to transform the tiny city-state (part of the United Arab Emirates) into a Middle Eastern Singapore--that is, an ultra-efficient regional service center and tourist destination that benefits from the innovative yet unobtrusive hand of a benevolent leader. In Dubai that would be Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ambitious Crown Prince whose dreams for Dubai leave those of most other gulf princes in the camel age. "They have been bold, and they have been strategic," acknowledges Sheik Mohammed, but he adds, "I have achieved only...
...certainly true that the BJP has proved much more moderate than its more severe critics could have imagined. But the zealots, racists and ultra-nationalists are still there, waiting in the wings, and as long as that is the case, there is still cause for caution and concern about India's future...