Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Adam began working in Washington as the chairman of the Business Roundtable's energy task force after Carter announced his conservation-oriented energy policy. "I found myself swept into an involvement which was intense and time consuming," he says. That involvement included lobbying Congressmen, negotiating with administration officials, and coordinating the efforts of the business community...
...after working for nearly a year with the Roundtable staff and his own corporation's Washington representatives, Adam has once more turned the focus of his efforts to managing his corporation from his office in New York. But his time is tied up more with politics now than before he went to Washington. "I find myself in New York meeting more and more people in government trying to obtain the views of business," he says...
...Adam ends the interview warmly, inviting me to call or visit his office again if I can think of any other questions. The receptionist smiles as I leave, and I head across the street for my last interview. The gloom in the air has coalesced into fat, grimy raindrops, which do not help my already-dishelved appearance. Happily, Rockefeller Center is warm and dry, and after only half an hour lost in the tunnels. I manage to find the offices of the president and chairman of the board of Union Carbide, William Sneath...
Like deButts and Adam, Sneath emphasizes the growing moderation of the business community. "I'm a Republican. The Democratic Administration has two years to go. There's no basis in my mind, either personally or as the corporation, to fight the President, "he says." We want to help him. We want him to succeed." Sneath disapproves of the "strictly political kneejerk reaction (which) is to take potshots at whoever is in office if he's with the opposition...
...general, Sneath avoids the kind of political involvement that deButts welcomes and that Adam endured for a year before returning to his role as corporate chief. He focuses mostly on concerns that affect Union Carbide directly. He leaves lobbying to his legislative vice presidents...