Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson, composed mainly of underclassmen, sorely missed the leadership and full ability of its three injured seniors--captain Adam Dixon, Keck Shepard and Peter Johnson. The superlative Dixon, out since the second meet with an injured knee, did not even make the trip, and Shepard was prevented from running because of a serious groin pull. Johnson, a gutsy Eliot House resident, ran in the meet despite a sore ankle but finished near the end of the pack...
...Moon, the Supreme Autocrat, will exploit you to the fullest and cart off his rewards. Mr. Selover, who is himself a Moonie, is not justified in discussing the cult as a religious phenomenon; the Unification Church is an economic entity that cynically mirrors the tragedy of American life. Adam Steinhouse...
TIME'S Bangkok correspondent David DeVoss found an equally thriving market in Dara Adam Khail, a mud-splattered tribal settlement in Pakistan's North-West Frontier. Visiting in the early days of January 1980, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, DeVoss asked the most venerable gunsmith in Dara for a "beginner's weapon." From beneath a pile of Sten guns, the man unearthed what DeVoss thought was a ballpoint pen. But the pen could accommodate a .25-cal. slug that would kill at close range...
Jelly recorded a 27:02 to finish twelfth, while Andy Gerken, Eric Schuler, Adam Dixon and Bruce Weber all registered times under 27:35 to claim the fourteenth through seventeenth places for the Crimson...
Papandreou's chances have been boosted not only by his new moderation but by the fact that he is calling for change at a time when the nation is restive. Explains Adam Pepelassis, governor of the Agricultural Bank of Greece: "The Greek who ten years ago was riding a donkey and now drives a second car wants change to continue. There has been individual emancipation but not institutional change. The educational system, banks, the church have lagged behind." Actress Melina Mercouri, who is running for reelection on the PASOK ticket from the same Piraeus district in which she never...