Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That loss didn't derail the Crimson Princeton-bound train, as both Mike Terner and Adam Beren--playing four and five, respectively-rebounded from first-set losses to win their matches. Terner beat Adil Toubia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Beren fought back to tame Lion Don Siegel...
...With Adam Dixon back in the lineup--he won the 800-meter and 1500-meter events Saturday for the thinclads--and a resounding triumph over the weekend, the tracksters face Sunday's upcoming GBCs with nothing but confidence...
Early capitalism did not foresee the rise and growth of the huge, bureaucratic corporation. Adam Smith opposed what he called the joint-stock company, arguing that hired managers would not work zealously for firms they did not own. More than a quarter-century ago, Harvard Economist Joseph Schumpeter glumly concluded that the very success of capitalism would undermine it, as impersonal corporations grew up and swallowed the entrepreneurial spirit...
...Communist theory assumes that people are instinctively good and cooperative, but in practice does not trust them to be free, capitalism has never had any such illusions. Adam Smith maintained that among the most powerful forces in society was "the desire of bettering our condition." Capitalism seeks to use this desire to benefit the whole society...
...Adam Beren then played the match of the day for the Crimson, rebounding from a 6-2 first-set drubbing to record back-to-back 6-2 wins in the last two sets to grab the win in the match. Beren's victory meant the Crimson had tied up the match going into doubles...