radical
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Neill’s performance is as flailing and furious as hers, and together, they turn “Possession” into a radical piece of filmmaking that has deservedly earned its cult following and late reverence.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the end, though, the most radical change, after the initial communist takeover, was turning the old British racecourse into a park and public square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A senior Labour figure told me: "She'd underestimated the desire for radical change, and lacked political nous on key decisions like winter fuel."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The showdown became radical in June when three bears were found dead in two days Western Macedonia, according to the leading wildlife groups Arcturos and Kallisto.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The latter willingness is one so strongly programmed into us citizens of modern states, by our schools and churches and governments, that we forget what a radical break it marks with previous human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Disraeli’s personality and wit contrast favorably with the manner of today’s bland technocrats who combine the temper of Victorian radicals with the tone of Georgian political managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the 1960s and ’70s, communal radicals and intellectuals such as E.F.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
He insists that his focus is “the war inside Islam” between radicals and Western-aligned Muslim leaders.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
No one would accuse them of being radicals.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
I befriended Tony O’Dowd and Harold Wolpe, who were political radicals and members of the Communist Party, and Jules Browde and his wife, who were liberal champions of the anti-apartheid cause.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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