Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...culled from disparate places. From Cairo, Reporter Scott MacLeod canvassed sources throughout the Middle East for an assessment of Iran. Jerusalem Bureau Chief Johanna McGeary and Reporter Ron Ben-Yishai got a vivid picture of internal politics in Tehran by interviewing Iranians in Israel. In Paris, Adam Zagorin talked to Iranian expatriates, while in London, Frank Melville spoke with defense sources and in New York City, Reporter-Researcher Sally B. Donnelly interviewed academic experts on Iran...
Here comes Mr. Adam across the carpet, the carpet a sea of roses the size of missile launching pads. He offers a firm paw, says, "These ballroom people, it's food for their souls. They get away from their apartments. They don't have to be cooped up. They get on the dance floor, and they fly. It's unbelievable. You see them on the street, they can't even walk. They get on the dance floor, and they fly. It's unbelievable...
...famous hoofers who have cut a rug here. Betty Grable. Ruby Keeler. Anthony Quinn. Eleanor Powell. George Raft (tiny feet). Gregory Hines (boats). The cashier is on the right. The tariff is eight bucks. The ticket taker says sure, he'll get the manager. Call him Mr. Adam, on account of his surname starting in Little Italy and ending in Greece (Giannopoulos...
Place holds 3,450 people, 2,000 on the dance floor, 1,450 in the end zones or on the sidelines at any given time. Says Mr. Adam: "No ballroom, even in Europe, can compete with Roseland. I don't think any ballroom in the whole globe can touch it. There is no competition in New York." On the bandstand the singer with the Don Glasser Orchestra announces, "And now, for Marge and Dominick, here is Blue Bayou...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Roland Flamini Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, Laura Lopez, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott