Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...market by the end of last week had risen just that much. In a few wild days, Wall Street had already enjoyed its summer rally. This week traders will try to push for new records. -By Alexander L Taylor III. Reported by Adam Zagorin/New York
...like the others, even if nothing special happens. "I guess we will take note of it individually and in our own way," John Sears said somewhat reflectively last week. "It was, after all, the end of something." -By Otto Friedrich. Reported by Hays Corey/Washington and Adam Zagorin/New York...
Jaruzelski has another reason for this calculated charity: he hopes that it will persuade Washington to lift the U.S. trade sanctions imposed after martial law took effect. But he may be disappointed if he expects clemency to soften opposition inside Poland. Adam Michnik, 37, one of the quartet on trial, has announced that he does not want amnesty. If Michnik still desires his day in court, he will have to break the law after his release...
...official indictment charged the four men who went on trial in Warsaw last week with conspiring to overthrow the Communist system in Poland. That could mean only one thing: they had collaborated with the banned Solidarity movement. So when Intellectuals Jacek Kuron, Adam Michnik, Henryk Wujec and Zbigniew Romaszewski appeared before a military tribunal, former Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa broke off his summer vacation to travel to Warsaw. Although rows of police prevented Walesa from entering the military courthouse, his presence drew cheers and applause from the crowd that had gathered outside...
...gradual drop, or it could move even higher. The only honest answer is that we do not know." Having been consistently amazed by the dollar's surge, the experts now prefer to let the currency do the talking. - By John Greenwald. Reported by Christopher Redman/Washington and Adam Zagorin/New York