"Unless someone takes on that far-right fringe, they're going to be a lot more powerful in '96 than they were in 1992," Mr. Specter said.

Law enforcement agencies have credited the human rights groups with helping the public become more aware of the beliefs, factions and heroes of the far-right fringe.

He was supposed to be a creature of the far-right fringe of his party, at least according to the opponent he defeated in the Illinois Republican primary last year.

Rawles said that an incorrect far-right "lunatic fringe" media image has developed in part because of the actions of a radical few such as Timothy McVeigh.

His vile words were intended to be divisive and to appease the far-right fringe of the party.

For Mr. McVeigh and others involved in the far-right fringe, three events had confirmed their view of a runaway Government out to take their guns.

The far-right fringe is another story.

An isolated incident involving a few Americans on the far-right fringe?

Instead, it was the nature of the crime, coupled with evidence that pointed to the far-right, racist fringe of U.S. politics, that made the gig so profitable.

In Japan, denial of the killings - once restricted to the far-right fringe - has entered the mainstream as the country's politics have shifted rightward.