Word: unyieldingness
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The crucial question is whether in the long run populism can reconcile blacks and whites; the evidence so far is mixed. In parts of the South, many poor whites, who were once called rednecks, have started to work with blacks in politics. Says Atlanta's vice mayor, Maynard Jackson...
Died. J. David Stern, 85, former publisher of the Philadelphia Record, the New York Post and the Camden, N.J., Evening Courier and Morning Post; in Palm Beach, Fla. A crusading New Dealer, Stern in 1934 became the first newspaper owner to recognize the infant American Newspaper Guild-a decision that...
The bluff, freewheeling manner that serves Connally so well in domestic matters has a jolting effect in international affairs. Foreign ministers and bankers, accustomed to a discreet, subtle dialogue, were outraged by Connally's unyielding tone and unvarnished demands that foreign nations revalue their currencies, lower their trade barriers and...
No Concessions. On the main issues between China and the U.S., Chou was unyielding. He insisted that U.S. troops be withdrawn not only from Viet Nam and Taiwan, but from Japan, Thailand and the Philippines as well. ("This doesn't seem to me to be a realistic basis that...
Dangerous Game. Not until midweek did the bargainers get down to prime issues. Abel presented his demands. One steel executive described them as "somewhere between Venus and Mars." The next day, Larry finally made management's first firm offer. It was promptly rejected. In his debut as management'...