Word: relentless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early months of Carter's quest for the presidency last year, Powell again was the only aide traveling with him, briefing reporters and still acting as gofer. Powell soon began to impress the national press corps with his authoritative access to the candidate and his relentless energy. When Harper's last winter was about to depict Carter as a liar, Powell rushed out a 22-page response that did not convince all reporters but certainly reached most of them before their copy of Harper...
...fight vengefully through the war. Then he sees his comrades-his new family-massacred by the Union soldiers who tricked them into surrendering. That converts him into a bit of unfinished business for the victors, and he must flee deeper into the Western wilderness in order to escape their relentless pursuit...
What makes us think that we can continue to sacrifice our limited space and resources to the relentless population pressures of the world? Must we continue to serve as the escape for every medieval country until we become just as choked by corruption, caste and privilege as they...
...search for relentless relevance can go occasionally rhetorical, as in talk about "man's eternal quest for meaning, justice and truth." It can also turn a little too retroactive. Thus Abraham is labeled "the first angry young man" and Isaac becomes "the first survivor." But much may be forgiven an author who can look Adam in the eye and say, "Poor man: punished for nothing. And he wasn't even Jewish...
Making Genesco airworthy again required a sharp reversal of the relentless acquisition policy pursued by the elder Jarman, who bought up companies large and small. Some of the acquisitions -most notably the S.H. Kress chain, bought for $65 million in 1963, and a bevy of foreign textile and clothing makers-turned out to be clunkers. By early 1973 the situation had become so serious that Frank. Jarman staged a palace revolt...