Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading member of the dissident movement that grew out of the Warsaw food riots, helping to found what has become the country's most prominent dissident organization. He has participated in illegal "flying" universities and edited an underground literary magazine. For his troubles, he lost his teaching post at Adam Micklewicz University and was blacklisted from official publications. And when he asked for a passport, the answer was no--despite protests from President Bok and the State Department...
...Adam Ulam, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science and director of the Russian Research Center (RRC), smiles when he remembers the first meeting of the Center's staff in 1948: "Clyde Kluckhohn, who was then director, got up and told us that we shouldn't devote too much attention to current problems. Our (original) grant was for five years, and he said all the problems between the Soviet Union and the United States should be solved by then...
...another quick match, Adam Beren frustrated Kevin McClure 6-0, 6-1, McClure had a powerful first serve, but often failed to land it in the service...
Approval for Baranczak's departure had reportedly been delayed for some time because of bureaucratic red tape at the ministry and at Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, where Baranczak teaches. Both have granted him three-year leaves-of-absence, his mother said...
...week alter establishing a Heptagonal record in the 1500 meter run and two weeks after setting an American record performance in the 100 meters in the Big Three meet. Adam Dixon did it again. Yesterday, Dixon broke his own school record in the 1500 meters with a 3:43.89 victory at the IC4A Championships in Princeton's Jadwin...