Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next stop is a modern skyscraper across from Rockefeller Center. The 15th floor of the building houses the chairman of the Board of NL Industries, Ray Adam. In contrast to the massive security at the AT&T building, a single receptionist guards a wide hallway leading to the plush, carpeted depths of the office. Once I get inside, Adam immediately arrives to greet me, relaxed and smiling. Where deButts lectures, Adam chats; he calls me by my first name repeatedly, and in spite of myself, I am disarmed...
Business is taking a more direct approach in Washington, Adam begins. "I think businessmen have decided they haven't been winning much staying back in their cave," he says. "And they can't send the corporals and the sargents and the captains to the field all the time; the general has to appear as well...
...awkwardness of the CEO in the seat of government soon wears off, however. "When you become familiar with the process, you become willing to go down to Washington increasingly more," Adam says. "it's a confidence that's sort of self-feeding...I see a lot more enthusiasm within the organization (the Business Roundtable) in the last two years than I saw previously...
...fact, Adam continues, "the majority leader in the House has organized sessions where the Business Roundtable comes down and sits with the party leadership to discuss legislation, present and upcoming." These meetings have "occurred under Tip O'Neill's urgings," he adds...
Freshman sensation Adam Dixon, senior John Chafee and junior Thad McNulty and John Murphy also gained All-American honors at the NCAAs with an outstanding third-place finish in the two-mile relay. They form the nucleus of a solid corps of runners, which figures to garner many points over the course of the schedule...