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01. The countries of Eastern Europe went through some fairly [radical] changes after the fall of communism.
02. My homeland has been through a number of [radical] political and economic changes over the last 10 years. We really need a period of stability now.
03. The President has proposed a number of [radical] changes to the economy in order to make the country more competitive on international markets.
04. [Radical] students disrupted the President's speech at the university.
05. Their grandmother's behavior changed [radically] once she was put on medication for Alzheimer's disease.
06. Some figures in the church in pre-Sandinista Nicaragua were quite [radicalized], and supportive of the anti-Somoza rebels.
07. Primitive creatures living on our planet have been able to adapt and live in [radical] habitats including glaciers, ocean hot springs, and volcanic craters.
08. Martin Luther King Jr. once remarked that when you are right, you cannot be too [radical], but when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
09. The world of work was [radically] altered by the Industrial Revolution.
10. The demonstration remained peaceful until some [radicals] started throwing rocks at the police.
11. [Radicalism] seems to have diminished at many universities, and students nowadays seem more concerned about what kind of soft drink is sold on campus than about political matters.
12. It has been said that there can be no more [radical] difference in dress than that which exists in the African country of Sudan.
13. Bolivia's [radically] different regions were once home to an amazing variety of Indian groups.
14. Ariel Durant once said that the conservative who resists change is as valuable as the [radical] who proposes it.
15. The chemical balance of the brain which controls awareness can be [radically] altered by the introduction of external agents.
16. New war tools such as tanks and airplanes [radically] changed the nature of warfare in the early 1900s.

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  • Radical — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término radical viene del latín radix ( raíz ), significa así de raíz o de base, refiriéndose sobre todo a un punto de vista profundo, sustancial, más aún si es aplicado a alguna convicción, práctica, análisis o… …   Wikipedia Español

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  • radical — [rad′i kəl] adj. [ME < LL radicalis < L radix (gen. radicis), ROOT1] 1. a) of or from the root or roots; going to the foundation or source of something; fundamental; basic [a radical principle] b) extreme; thorough [a radical change in one… …   English World dictionary

  • radical — (Del lat. radix, īcis, raíz). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la raíz. 2. Fundamental, de raíz. 3. Partidario de reformas extremas, especialmente en sentido democrático. U. t. c. s.) 4. Extremoso, tajante, intransigente. 5. Bot. Dicho de… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Radical 2 — meaning vertical stroke is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 21 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.Radical 1 (橫 héng) is one of the Eight… …   Wikipedia

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