Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...started his own sect, of which he was the only member. The Throne was his life's work. It occupied him for 15 years, and it was still unfinished, locked in a rented garage, at his death. It was provoked by visions of Moses, the Virgin Mary and Adam. They inspired him to raise a monument, not to a past event but to a future one-the Second Coming of Christ. Its centerpiece would be a throne on which God would sit, surrounded by his angels and saints...
...week at the Big Three meet in New Haven and was unable to compete in either the 60-yard dash or the long jump. He wasn't totally inactive, however, winning the triple jump and finishing third in the high jump.... A year ago at the Big Three meet ADAM DIXON set the American indoor 1000 record, and although Tom Byers broke it earlier this year, Dixon still holds the collegiate mark....Speaking of records, sophomore DAN O'BRIEN set one on the bus on the way back from New Haven that probably won't be broken or quite awhile...
...NOTEBOOK This weekend at the Milrose games. Tom Byers broke Adam Dixon's American 1000 record of 2, 1:19.79 with a 2:19.2 performance...
...experienced executives, consultants and development services has sprung up to help start new businesses and then help them manage rapid growth. With a couple of local phone calls, a budding businessman with the right ideas can round up $1 million in venture capital in a day. Says British-born Adam Osborne, 42, who has already accumulated $70 million in orders for his year-old personal computer company, Osborne Computer Corp.: "Every single thing we need is within an hour's drive...
...Wall Street adage has it that if a person has not made his first million dollars by the time he is 30, he is never going to make it. In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it was young people who had "the contempt of risk and the presumptuous hope of success," precisely the skills needed to found new businesses. Indeed, a large number of entrepreneurs have achieved success at a very early age. One of many examples: William Gates, 26, dropped out of Harvard in 1975 during his sophomore year to form Microsoft, which makes software for personal computers...