Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trio of Columbia harriers crossed the finish line together at 25:45 to ensure the Lions' 23-32 triumph over the Crimson, while Harvard's Bruce Weber, captain Adam Dixon and freshman Peter Jellie grabbed the next three spots, in 26:05, 26:05 and 26:07, to help the squad down the Quakers...
Foremost among them was team captain Adam Dixon's first collegiate cross country race victory. Although Dixon's time of 31:08 was unspectacular for the ten-kilometer distance, the victory established the middle-distance record-setter as a more than viable threat in an event many times longer than the 1500-and 800-meter events--Dixon's undisputed fiefdom in the winter and spring track seasons...
Patricia P. Adam Lebanon...
Consumer activists are pursuing another avenue of recourse besides the courts. Adam Levin, director of the New Jersey commission on consumer affairs, says that "the limelight has shifted from the Federal Government to the states." His state, which has 78 local consumer agencies, is among the most consumer-oriented, and the legislature has recently passed a bill limiting excessive medical fees. In New York, state funds were used to replace those cut from the federal Energy Department budget that pay for consumer advocates at utility hearings. The Wisconsin legislature set up a private citizen's utility board to protect...
Some of the earliest controversy over the Ebla findings was sparked when famous names in the Bible-Adam, Eve, Jonah and David among them-turned up on the Ebla tablets. This did not mean the same persons were being written about, but indicated that Ebla and the Bible could have come from similar cultural milieus...